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March 2009
Paul Thorn wants to save your soul
The Paul Thorn Band with Patrick Sweany, 8 p.m. Sunday, April 5, the Southgate House, 24 E. Third St., Newport. $18 advance; $22 day of show. Non-smoking show. (859) 431-2201.
“You tell your reader’s this,” Paul Thorn said in closing out our interview. “I want to say this to all the people who read this article and then don’t go to the show: You’re going to hell when you die.”
When I told him that was pretty strong, he said, “I try to use some of the same scare tactics my daddy used. They worked pretty good for him.”
The use of scare tactics isn’t the only thing that Thorn picked up from his father, a Pentecostal preacher in Tupelo, Miss. His songs, his shows and even his conversations are all laced with traces of that fire and brimstone, the gift for telling a story and the ability to engage an audience.
He doesn’t really need the threat of eternal damnation with that kind of engaging voice, but that’s also part of the Pentecostal tradition, the showmanship. Some of that also informed Tupelo’s more famous favorite son, Elvis Presley.
“I am a huge Elvis fan,” he said at the beginning of our interview. “I was watching one of his movies just a couple of days ago. I can’t think of anyone who had a force of personality and a stage presence like Elvis. He was really something special.”
But Thorn said that Elvis wasn’t particularly on his mind when he wrote the song and titled his latest album “A Long Way From Tupelo.”
“I just use that to talk about how far I’ve come from Tupelo,” he said, “but the song isn’t about traveling abroad, but about a preacher who has an affair with an underage girl.”
I ask him if it’s a true story — thinking that maybe he read a newspaper article about it, not implying that the preacher was a disguise for him.
“One way or another, they all come from real life,” he said. “I’ve never had a back-road affair with an underage girl lately, at least not that they can prove.”
Growing up singing and playing guitar for his father’s revivals, Thorn said he never really set out to be an underground singer/songwriter, but that it just happened to him.
“The way I talk and the way I write you can explain from that experience,” he said. “The church was very strong in my life, but now at 44 I don’t see things the way I used to, but I still believe in a higher power and I still go to church — when someone dies.”
And his songs, he said, are filled with that kind of amazement, even though there may be a wary, jaundiced eye peering out between the words.
“They’re all close to me one way or another,” he said. “If they’re about anything, they’re about going through life and having someone to love. That in itself is pretty profound.”
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TweetVariety of activites at Miami’s China Fest
Miami University’s Confucius Institute will host a series of events during “China Week” April 6-8.
An opening reception, Chinese skit competition and “Night of China” concert are free and open to the public. Events include:
Monday, April 6: Opening reception, noon-2 p.m. at the Confucius Institute, 126 McGuffey Hall. Chinese paintings and calligraphy will be on display.
Tuesday, April 7: Chinese skit competition finals, 6 p.m. at Leonard Theater in Peabody Hall. Groups from Miami’s Chinese language classes will compete for a grand prize.
Wednesday, April 8: “Night of China” concert, 7 p.m. at Leonard Theater in Peabody Hall. Featured will be performances of Chinese martial arts and traditional Chinese instruments by guests from Liaoning Normal University, Dalian, China. Also performing will be Miami’s Glee Club and Miami sophomores, brothers Arvin and Anthony Ting, national wushu (Chinese martial art) champions for the Philippines.
Events, free and open to the public, are sponsored by the Confucius Institute, department of German, Russian and East Asian languages and School of Fine Arts.
Miami was the first university in Ohio to be awarded a Confucius Institute, designed to help promote the study of Chinese language and culture, by HanBan, the Chinese International Language Council. Miami’s Confucius Institute was formed in conjunction with Liaoning Normal University.
For more information, contact Quanyu Huang, director of the Confucius Institute, at huangq@muohio.edu or call (513) 529-1849.
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TweetTriage: original jazz with global roots at Fairfield CAC
Jazz Alive! series presents Triage, featuring Eugene Goss, 3 p.m. Sunday, April 5, Fairfield Community Arts Center, 411 Wessel Dr., Fairfield. $12 adults, $10 seniors/students. (513) 867-5348.
Eugene Goss is an original voice, an authentic voice, whose nuance and phrasing of the American Jazz tradition is inspiring and celebratory.
The other half of Triage, Billy Larkin, is known for rhythm and colors on the keyboards that build layer upon layer, sound upon sound, and beat upon beat to create something beyond just harmony and melody.
For this production, Triage will be joined by Randy Winters on drums.
Goss and Larkin have played together in concerts, festivals and clubs. Triage is known for the virtuosity of Larkin on the keyboards and the emotional depth and showmanship that Goss brings to the stage.
Having played together for over 20 years, Goss and Larkin have developed that special chemistry that can be counted on to produce an original eclectic performance, whether playing their own compositions, arranging George Gershwin, channeling Antonio Carlos Jobim, or interpreting Stevie Wonder.
With their Jazz interpretations, romantic overtones and global sounds, Triage is a musical travel guide to the world.
PHOTO: Eugene Goss (left) and Billy Larkin (right)
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TweetCarnegie exhibit explores ‘Different Directions’ for artists
“Different Directions… an artist’s perspective,” opening reception 6-9 p.m. Friday, April 3, Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center, 1028 Scott St., Covington, (859) 491-2030. Exhibition continues through June 26.
Every artist has a story to tell or a vision to communicate. “Different Directions” talks about the journey of an artist’s creative language:
— Paul Pomeranz is a New York native and will be making a special appearance at The Carnegie, where he will see a lifetime of work come together in his first major gallery exhibition, sample above.
Pomeranz is a World War II veteran where he served in the 351st Bomb Group (Heavy) Eighth Air Force. While flying his third mission, Pomeranz’s B 17 bomber was shot down over Ruhrland Germany; there he was taken as a Prisoner of War. His capture lasted nine month and Pomeranz was finally liberated by British troops in early May of 1945.
For years Pomeranz did not speak of the war. At the age of 70 Pomeranz, a self taught artist, lifted his first paintbrush and began to pull from his war experiences for use in his profound artwork. In this exhibition there will be ceramic sculptures, paintings, and various 2-D works.
— Anna VanMetre, originally from Poland, has lived in Cincinnati since 1997. Her nature-inspired artwork displays the complexity, force and beauty of nature. Her three-dimensional works make viewers feel like they are in the middle of these natural spectacles.
— Mike Calway-Fagen, Nashville, is a multi-disciplinary artist who deals with social and interactive experiences. His artwork requires minimal alteration to pre-existing objects and celebrates their existence is a state different from what they were before.
Also on view will be works by Tammy Gambrel and Alton Falcone.
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Tweet‘Comedy of Errors’ turns into science fiction camp
“The Comedy of Errors” by William Shakespeare, 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday through April 26, Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, 719 Race St., Cincinnati. $26 adults, $22 seniors and $20 students. (513) 381-2273.
SYNOPSIS: Two young men from Syracuse, Antipholus (Justin McCombs) and his servant Dromio (Billy Chace) arrive in town searching for their long lost identical twins. Mysteriously, everyone in town recognizes them instantly and knows their names. Strangest of all, a neglected housewife, Adriana (Sara Clark), claims that Antipholus is her husband and drags him home to dinner, but he finds himself attracted to her unmarried sister, Luciana (Kelly Mengelkoch). Meanwhile, wealthy merchant Antipholus of Ephesus (Rob Jansen) finds himself locked out of his own house, accused of unpaid debts, and declared a lunatic. His servant, Dromio (Billy Chace) keeps trying to help him, but can’t explain why he keeps getting different instructions from the same master. Is it an attack of the pod people? An invasion of the body snatchers? The paranoia and pandemonium builds to a hilarious climax in Shakespeare’s silliest comedy.
CONCEPT: CSC’s production of The Comedy of Errors takes its inspiration from a genre not often associated with Shakespeare- the world of sci-fi movies, specifically the B-movies of the 1950s, such as “The Day the Earth Stood Still” and “Plan 9 From Outer Space.” B-movie science fiction films feature colorful costumes, campy settings, and sometimes ridiculously “cheap” special effects that add to the humor of one of Shakespeare’s funniest plays.
DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT: “What’s great about this particular play is that it can be placed in almost any setting you can imagine. As long as you tell the jokes the way Shakespeare sets them up, and you tell the story as clearly as possible, the comedy will shine through! The science fiction setting for the play fits perfectly with the conceit of the comedy—that two men are being mistaken for their identical twins. What begins as a simple case of mistaken identity builds to a series of increasingly paranoid reactions by both the visitors and the townsfolk, as they try to find the source of the confusion. In Shakespeare’s day, they would have suspected witchcraft and insanity. In the world of science fiction, that translates to aliens and mad scientists.” — Matt Johnson.
CAST: Fresh from his turn as Konstantin in The Seagull, third year Resident Ensemble member Justin McCombs plays Antipholus of Syracuse. Rob Jansen, longtime Ensemble Member recently seen as Orsino in Twelfth Night, performs the role of Antipholus of Ephesus. Billy Chace, second year Ensemble Member, takes on the role of Dromio of Syracuse. His twin, Dromio of Ephesus, is played by Artistic Associate Christopher Guthrie, seen most recently as Feste in Twelfth Night. Sara Clark and Kelly Mengelkoch, featured in Twelfth Night as Viola and Olivia respectively, play sisters Adriana and Luciana. Ensemble members Anne Marie Carroll, Jeremy Dubin, Sherman Fracher, Jim Hopkins, Josh Stamoolis, Brook Stetler and Kris Stoker complete the cast.
PHOTO: Billy Chace and Christopher Guthrie as twins named Dromio.
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TweetMount St. Joseph mounts Andrew Lloyd Webber classic
“Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat: by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, 7:30 p.m. April 2-4, 2 p.m. April 5, 2 p.m., College Theatre, The College of Mount St. Joseph. $8 adult, $5 students/seniors/children. (513) 244-4683.
SYNOPSIS: The story of a young man in Canaan with dream-reading abilities, Joseph receives a rainbow-colored coat as a gift from his father. Joseph’s brothers are less than pleased by their father’s favoritism, abduct Joseph, destroy his coat, and sell him into slavery. Fortunately, Joseph uses his talents to impress the Pharaoh and is appointed the Minister of Agriculture. When a famine hits, Joseph’s brothers come looking for employment. Not recognizing their younger brother, Joseph plans a surprise for his jealous brothers before revealing himself.
CAST: The College’s rendition of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” is under the direction of Mary Mazuk, M.A., coordinator of the Academic Exploration Program at the Mount. Cast members include Tom Frey as Joseph; Mary Beth Heyl, Kelsey Schneider and Samantha Stapleton as narrators; Laura Ausdenmoore, Beth Brunsman, Marc George, Chad Grooms, Jon Grote, Heather Kailholz, Anthony Miles, Lydia Taulbee, and Jeff Ward as brothers; Kyle Smith as Jacob; and David Hyden as Pharaoh.
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TweetMamLuft&Co. presents evening of dance at the Aronoff Center
MamLuft&Co. Dance presents “Black Box,” 8 p.m. Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, April 3-4, Fifth Third Bank Theatre, Aronoff Center for the Arts, 650 Walnut, Cincinnati. $20 adults; $17 students; $15 seniors. (513) 621-2787.
“Black Box” was created by choreographer, designer, and photographer Jeanne S. Mam-Luft, who was born in a Cambodian refugee camp and grew up as an immigrant in Texas, questioning class, race, normalcy, and cultural customs. Informed by these questions, “Black Box” is an evening length choreography that expresses our search to discover what it is that we want, our struggles to obtain, and our unexpected consequences for gaining those prizes.
Additional choreographic contributions also came from the company members and guest artist, Elisa De La Rosa of Dallas, Texas.
COMPANY: Director, Jeanne S. Mam-Luft. Choreographers: Jeanne S. Mam-Luft, Company Members, and Elisa De La Rosa. Company Members: Korry M. Chavey, Jacquelyn Corcoran, Jessica Jacobs, Rachel James, Kira Kelley and Ashley Powell
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TweetShadowbox goes ‘Wild’ with its new spring romp
- “Born to Be Wild,” 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Shadowbox Cabaret, Newport on the Levee. $30. (859) 581-7625.
Get your motor runnin’ this spring and head down to Shadowbox to rock out with “Born to be Wild,” the “sketch comedy and rock‘n’roll club’s latest production dedicated to working and playing hard, opening April 2nd at Newport on the Levee!
A new theme in the Shadowbox show schedule, “Born to be Wild” is full of shorts that prove there’s a little bit of ‘rebel’ in us all.
Audiences will witness the intimate mating habits of the North American Male in “Mammal Planet,” get caught up in the dramedy on “Temptation Island,” and get a lesson in dirt-dishing from the Queens of Mean, “Maureen & Buffy.”
Shadowbox’s house band, BillWho?, is set to rock the house with a set list full of hits from Steppenwolf, Jet, Boston, Fall Out Boy, and many others.
“This is a great show to catch this season,” said Stacie Boord, Shadowbox GM, (above. “This production is packed with fun, short pieces, and the high-energy music is going to make for an evening of entertainment you simply can’t find anywhere else”
Born to be Wild will run Thursdays through Saturday until June 13. Food and drinks are available from Shadowbox’s bistro-style menu, served up by the ensemble before the show and during intermission.
For more information and reservations call (859) 581-7625.
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TweetChris Smither returns to the area for Southgate House show
An Evening With Chris Smither, doors 7:30 p.m., show 8 p.m. Thursday, April 2, the Southgate House, 24 E. Third St., Newport. $22 advance, available on-line, $25 day of show. (859) 431-2201.
PRESS BIO: Some artists continually reinvent themselves; others identify their muse early on and spend their careers single-mindedly pursuing it, remaining recognizably themselves through a career-long process of refinement, growth and discovery. Chris Smither belongs to the latter group. “Leave the Light On,” Smither’s 12th album—the first he’s released on his own Mighty Albert label—stands as the quintessence of his life’s work while throwing in some new wrinkles that reflect where he’s been and what he’s encountered since the last time around. But Smither’s central theme as he enters his 60s is clearer than ever.
“The last three or four records I’ve done are mostly talking about the big questions—life, death, love and… not love—and where the whole thing’s going,” he says. This new “fistful of tunes,” as he calls it, finds Smither once again in a contemplative mood, examining his thought processes on “Open Up,” struggling to distinguish between self-deception and truth on “Seems So Real” and seeking the most fundamental kind of closure on “Father’s Day.” No, Leave the Light On is not a party record.
“Since I started recording again around 20 years ago [22, actually], I’ve been writing about the same sorts of things; it’s just about my own growing perception of it, and how clear can I make it?” Smither explains. “I guess I’m making it clearer, because people don’t often ask me what the songs are about anymore. It’s a process of engagement. When you write a song, you’ve got three or four minutes to get a-hold of somebody, and if they can remember one phrase or line when they walk away from it, you’ve won. And I think I’ve accomplished that.”
Most recently, Smither will be anthologized in Amplified, a collection of short stories by some of today’s most compelling performing songwriters, including Chris, Robbie Fulks, Mary Gauthier, Jon Langford, Maria McKee, Rhett Miller and others. The book will be published on May 15, 2009
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TweetApril is Kids Month at EnterTRAINment Junction
When the “hungries” hit, kids can head to the Junction Cafe where spring celebration pricing has hotdogs for only 25 cents and Pepsi for only 25 cents.
Kids can also challenge each other in being the first to find all of the hidden bunnies and chicks in the landscape of the world’s largest indoor model train display (with two miles of track and 1,200 large-scale train cars).
Also in April is one of EnterTRAINment Junction’s most anticipated events - a Harry Potter Camp presented by Kingsbury Institute April 25 and 26. Interested parties should call (513) 898-8000 for details.
EnterTRAINment Junction is open daily (closed Wednesdays) in April from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon-6 p.m. Sunday.
EnterTRAINment Junction is located at 7379 Squire Ct., West Chester. For more information call (513) 898-8000 or (877) 898-4656.
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TweetU.K. worship band Hillsong London makes local appearance
Worship band Hillsong London, 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 15, Grace Chapel, 100 Fifth Ave., Mason. $10 advance, $15 at the door. (513) 754-0333.
Hillsong London has made Mason’s Grace Chapel part of its rare 10-city U.S. tour, which begins April 14, in Chicago.
The performance will showcase music from Hillsong London’s fourth album, “Hail To The King,” which features 13 brand new songs led by worship leader Peter Wilson, including two songs (“Now” and “I Receive”) Wilson co-penned with Grammy Award winner Israel Houghton.
Hillsong London is part of the globally-recognized Hillsong music ministry, originally birthed out of Australia’s largest evangelical congregation, the Sydney-based Hillsong Church (Darlene Zschech, “Shout To The Lord”).
Since the London church’s formation in 1996, its deeply-rooted musical foundation has been a major part of its growth into one of the largest congregations in the U.K. today. The members of the Hillsong London worship team, fronted by Wilson, now introduce their songs to more than 6,000 people in regular attendance every week at Central London’s Dominion Theater in the West End.
Hillsong Music - which now includes Hillsong London and Hillsong United worship teams - has become a major contributor to the modern worship movement today, with a host of songs performed weekly by congregations across the globe.
Here’s a promotional video of the band:
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TweetThings to do this week
kids/family
Not your grandpa’s dinosaurs: These have feathers!
- “Dinosaurs Unearthed,” non-members: $15 adults, $10 children; members: $10 adults, $7 children. Open until 9 p.m. Friday. “Dinosaurs Alive,” OmniMax Theatre, non-members: $7.50 adults, $6.50 seniors, $5.50 children; members: $5.50 adults; $4.50 children. Cincinnati Museum Center, 1301 Western Ave., Cincinnati. (513) 287-7000.
“ March Maze Madness”
- EnterTRAINment Junction, 7379 Squire Ct., West Chester. $12.95 adults, $9.95 kids 3-12. (513) 898-8000. The Maze is like old-time amusement park funhouse with trick mirrors, spinning vortex tunnel and hurricane room.
Check our GOING OUT GUIDE for a big list of things to do with your children.
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Blues Merchants set up shop in Ryan’s Tavern
theater/performing arts
Rare stamps center of intrigue in Ensemble Theatre’s ‘Mauritiu$’
- “Mauritius” by Theresa Rebeck, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday, Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati, 1127 Vine St., Cincinnati. $29-$38. (513) 421-3555. REVIEW: ‘Mauritiu$ about power, control and money — and stamps.
Award-winning drama ‘Doubt’ at Human Race Theatre
- “Doubt: A Parable” by John Patrick Shanley, Human Race Theatre Company production,8 p.m. Wednesday-Friday, the Loft Theatre, 126 N. Main, Dayton. Box Office: (937) 228-3630.
New Stage Collective presents ‘Bent’
- “Bent” by Martin Sherman, 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday, New Stage Collective, 1140 Main St., Cincinnati. $20 general; $16 senior; $12 students. (513) 621-3700. Content Warning: for Mature Audiences - ages 17 and up.REVIEW: ‘Bent’ an odd but powerful drama.
Cincinnati Playhouse presents Larry Shue’s ‘The Foreigner’
- “The Foreigner” by Larry Shue, Marx Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday, 4 and 8 p.m. $27-$55. (513) 421-3888. MORE: REVIEW: ‘The Foreigner’: Funny but pointless.
Covedale Theatre presents ‘Peter Pan’
- “Peter Pan” by J.M. Barrie, music by Mark Charlap and lyrics by Carolyn Leigh, 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Covedale Center for the Performing Arts, 4990 Glenway Ave., Cincinnati. $21 adults, $19 seniors/students. (513) 241-6550.
‘Jungle Fantasy’ comes to Cincinnati from Broadway
- OPENS TUESDAY Cirque Dreams “Jungle Fantasy,” 8 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, 1 and 6:30 p.m. Sunday, March 31-April 12, Aronoff Center for the Arts, 650 Walnut, Cincinnati. $19-$55. On-line or by phone at 1-800-982-2787.
NOW IN PREVIEWS/OPENS THURSDAY: ‘Last Train to Nibroc’ the story of young love
- “Last Train to Nibroc” by Arlene Hutton, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. $47-$57 ($41 preview performances). (513) 421-3888.
Trimmed down ‘Camelot’ highlights comedy, music
- La Comedia Dinner Theatre presents “Camelot,” brunch arrival starts at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday; dinner arrival starts at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday-Friday. $51-$69. 765 W. Central Ave., Springboro. (800) 677-9505.
galleries/exhibitions
“Miami Printmakers” show their stuff…
- “Miami Printmakers,” Fairfield Community Arts Center, 411 Wessel Dr., Fairfield. (513) 867-5348.
<—!k0331—!> FINAL DAYS Oxford CAC shows recent work of Chrissy Collopy
- “Light + Rain + Time =” by Chrissy Collopy, through March, Oxford Community Arts Center, 10 S. College, Oxford. (513) 524-8506.
Glenn Julian art exhibition at Knolls’ Gallery
- Works by Glenn M. Julian, the Commons Gallery at the Knolls of Oxford, 6727 Contreras Rd., Oxford. (513) 524-7990.
FINAL DAYS Mason art exhibition embraces mental health
- “The Hope and Strength Through Art: Celebrating the Masters,” showcasing local works by adults and children living with a mental illness, Mason Municipal Center, 6000 Mason-Montgomery Rd.
M.U. Art Museum exhibits work by faculty, former students
- “Miami University Department of Art 2009 Bicentennial Exhibition,” Miami University Art Museum, 801 S. Patterson Ave., Oxford. (513) 523-2232. ALSO ON VIEW: “Paintings, Prints and Sculpture: Selections from the Permanent Collection” and “Dialogue with Nature: New Conceptions of Organic Architecture, Miami University Department of Architecture and Interior Design Fallingwater Honors Studio,”
Exhibition explores Miami’s Greek history
- “Brotherhood and Sisterhood: The Art and Artifacts of Greek Letter Societies at Miami University, 1833-2008,” McGuffey Museum, 410 E. Spring St., Oxford. Focuses on traditions and lore of Greek letter societies and includes badges and profiles of campus landmarks such as the Phi Delta Theta campus gates. Closed Tuesday. (513) 529-8380.
“Dreamstates: Surrealist Art on view at Cincinnati Art Museum”
- Cincinnati Art Museum, 953 Eden Park Dr., Cincinnati. Closed Monday. (513) 639-2995. ALSO ON VIEW: “Isn’t It Great To Be An Artist? Insider/Outsider Art;” “Stewart Goldman: Presence through Absence”.
New work by Tara Donovan at Contemporary Arts Center
- Contemporary Arts Center, 44 E. 6th Street, Cincinnati. (513) 345-8400. ALSO ON VIEW: “Donald Sultan: The First Decade”
Film costumes on view at Taft Museum of Art
- “Fashion in Film,” featuring 36 costumes from period films, Taft Museum of Art, 316 Pike St., Cincinnati. $12 adults; $10 students/seniors; $4 children. (513) 241-0343. ALSO ON VIEW: “Small Paintings,” offering an intimate look at collecting at the turn of the 20th century,
film
Cincinnati World Cinema presents Oscar Shorts
- Cincinnati World Cinema presents its 8th Annual Exhibition of the Oscar-Nominated Short Films, 4 p.m. (program A) and 7:30 p.m. (program B) Sunday; 7:30 p.m. Tuesday (program A); 7:30 p.m. Wednesday (program B); the Redmoor in Mt. Lookout Square, 3187 Linwood Ave., Cincinnati. $10 single seating; $16 combo ticket. (513) 871-6789.
Things To Do are also Things That Change and sometimes Things That Sell Out, so be sure to contact the venue before showing up without tickets …
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TweetImage set for Cirque Dreams “Jungle Fantasy”
Cirque Dreams “Jungle Fantasy,” 8 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, 1 and 6:30 p.m. Sunday, March 31-April 12, Aronoff Center for the Arts, 650 Walnut, Cincinnati. $19-$55. On-line or by phone at 1-800-982-2787.
INTERVIEW WITH CIRQUE DREAMS FOUNDER NEIL GOLDBERG: ‘Jungle Fantasy’ comes to Cincinnati from Broadway”
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TweetCSO pianist to play at Xavier April 5
Pianist Michael Chertock, 2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 5, Gallagher Student Center Theatre, Xavier University. $17-$19 adults, $14-$16 seniors; 43 students. (513) 745-3161.
Michael Chertock, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra’s principal keyboardist, is associate professor of piano at the UC College-Conservatory of Music and music director and conductor of the Blue Ash Montgomery Symphony Orchestra. He is also organist at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church in Montgomery.
For his Xavier concert, Chertock will perform Chopin’s Ballade No. 2 in F major, opus 38; Beethoven’s Sonata No. 8 in c minor, Opus 13; Rachmaninoff’s Etudes-tableaux, and Liszt’s Vallee d’Obermann. T, or at the door.
Chertock appeared on live television in Guam at the age of at 14 and, three years later, played the Rachmaninoff Piano Concert No. 3 with Andrew Litton and the Arlington Symphony Orchestra. He performed at Xavier with violinist Yehonatan Berick in 1994. For his 1999 Carnegie Hall debut, he teamed with the Cincinnati Pops in a performance of Duke Ellington’s New World A’Comin’. He has also toured Asia with Erich Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops, with Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops, and with violinist Alyssa Park.
Besides the CSO, he has soloed with the Orchestra Symphonique du Montreal and Toronto Symphony in Canada, the Baltimore Symphony, Naples (Fla.) Philharmonic, Detroit Symphony and Indianapolis Symphony among others.
A winner of numerous performance awards, Chertock is called upon regularly to play at the Ravinia Festival in Chicago, Blossom Music Center in Cleveland and the Grand Tetons Music Festival in Wyoming.
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TweetThings to do this weekend
kids/family
Not your grandpa’s dinosaurs: These have feathers!”
- “Dinosaurs Unearthed,” non-members: $15 adults, $10 children; members: $10 adults, $7 children. Open until 9 p.m. Friday. “Dinosaurs Alive,” OmniMax Theatre, non-members: $7.50 adults, $6.50 seniors, $5.50 children; members: $5.50 adults; $4.50 children. Cincinnati Museum Center, 1301 Western Ave., Cincinnati.
“March Maze Madness,”
- EnterTRAINment Junction, 7379 Squire Ct., West Chester. $12.95 adults, $9.95 kids 3-12. (513) 898-8000. The Maze is like old-time amusement park funhouse with trick mirrors, spinning vortex tunnel and hurricane room.
Check our GOING OUT GUIDE for a big list of things to do with your children.
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Big list of places to gather and things to do there in this weekend’sGOING OUT GUIDE.
concerts/music
FEATURE: Vance Gilbert stretches the truth
- Vance Gilbert with special guest Kate Campbell, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 28, Parrish Auditorium, Miami University Hamilton, $18 adults; $16 seniors, $10 students/children. (513) 529-3200.
FEATURE: Knot Fibb’n extends local St. Paddy’s day celebrations
- Celtic music from Knot Fibb’n, 7 p.m. Saturday, March 28, Fitton Center for Creative Arts, 101 S. Monument Ave., Hamilton. $15 members, $17 non-members. (513) 863-8873.
Junior Brown plays Saturday at the Madison Theatre
- Junior Brown with Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles, doors 7 p.m., concert 8 p.m., Friday, March 27, Madison Theatre, 730 Madison Ave., Covington, Ky. $20 advance, $25 day of show. Tickets available on-line. (859) 491-2444.
Cincinnati Symphony plays Beethoven’s Fifth
- Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, James Gaffigan, conductor; Colin Currie, percussion; 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, March 27-28; Music Hall, 1241 Elm St., Cincinnati. Tickets start at $12. (513) 381-3300.
Van Cliburn winner plays at Xavier
- Pianist Jon Nakamatsu, 2:30 p.m. Sunday, March 29, Gallagher Student Center Theater, Xavier University. $19-17, seniors $16-14, students $3. (513) 745-3161.
theater/performing arts
Middletown actress Christine Brunner to perform in production of “Charlotte’s Web’
- The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati presents “Charlotte’s Web,” by Joseph Robinette, based on the story by E.B. White, with original music by Cincinnati singer/songwriter Katie Laur and puppets created by Joe Kovacs and Andy Gaukel, 7;30 p.m. Friday, March 27; 2 and 5 p.m. Saturday, March 28; 2 p.m. Sunday, March 29 and 2 p.m. Sunday April 4 at the Taft Theatre , 317 East Fifth St., Cincinnati. $7-$20. (513) 562-4949, or online at www.ticketmaster.com.
- “Peter Pan” by J.M. Barrie, music by Mark Charlap and lyrics by Carolyn Leigh, 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, March 26-April 11, Covedale Center for the Performing Arts, 4990 Glenway Ave., Cincinnati. $21 adults, $19 seniors/students. (513) 241-6550.
Cincinnati Ballet presents ‘Sinatra Suite’ and more…
- Cincinnati Ballet presents “Sinatra Suite and More,” 8 p.m. Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, March 27-28, Aronoff Center for the Arts, 650 Walnut, Cincinnati. $21-$73; (513) 621-5282.
Special events planned for ‘Stalag 17’ production
- “Stalag 17,” By Donald Bevan and Edmund Trzcinski, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday, Mariemont Players Walton Creek Theater, 4101 Walton Creek Road, Cincinnati. $17. (513) 684-1236.
Rare stamps center of intrigue in Ensemble Theatre’s ‘Mauritiu$’
- “Mauritius” by Theresa Rebeck, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati, 1127 Vine St., Cincinnati. $29-$38. (513) 421-3555. REVIEW: ‘Mauritiu$ about power, control and money — and stamps.
Award-winning drama ‘Doubt’ at Human Race Theatre
- “Doubt: A Parable” by John Patrick Shanley, Human Race Theatre Company production,8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, the Loft Theatre, 126 N. Main, Dayton. Box Office: (937) 228-3630.
Cincinnati Playhouse presents Larry Shue’s ‘The Foreigner’.
- “The Foreigner” by Larry Shue, Marx Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. 8 p.m. Friday, 4 and 8 p.m. Saturday, 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday. $27-$55. (513) 421-3888. MORE: REVIEW: ‘The Foreigner’: Funny but pointless.
New Stage Collective presents ‘Bent’
- “Bent” by Martin Sherman, 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday, through April 5, New Stage Collective, 1140 Main St., Cincinnati. $20 general; $16 senior; $12 students. (513) 621-3700. Content Warning: for Mature Audiences - ages 17 and up.REVIEW: ‘Bent’ an odd but powerful drama.
Video trailer for Know Theatre’s ‘Eurydice’.
- FINAL WEEKEND: “Eurydice” by Sarah Ruhl, 8 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Know Theatre of Cincinnati, 1120 Jackson, Cincinnati. (513) 300-5669. REVIEW: Know Theatre updates ‘Eurydice’ myth.
Trimmed down production highlights comedy, music
- La Comedia Dinner Theatre presents “Camelot,” brunch arrival starts at 10:30 a.m.; dinner arrival starts at 5:30 p.m. $51-$69. 765 W. Central Ave., Springboro. (800) 677-9505.
FINAL WEEKEND of “Bringing Sexy Back”
- Shadowbox Cabaret, Newport on the Levee. 7:30 Thursday, 7:30 and 10:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday through March 28. $30 adults, $20 students/seniors. (859) 581-7625. A collection of original sketch comedy and live rock ‘n’ roll from house band BillWho? dedicated to love, relationships, and America’s favorite pastime (wink wink).
galleries/exhibitions
“Miami Printmakers” show their stuff…
- “Miami Printmakers,” Fairfield Community Arts Center, 411 Wessel Dr., Fairfield. (513) 867-5348.
Chuck Marshall exhibit at Gallery 42
- “Awakening: Path to Spirituality,” paintings by Chuck Marshall, Gallery 42 Fine Art, 105 E. Main St., Mason. (513) 234-7874. Closed Sunday.
exhibition at Manifest Gallery examines story-telling technique
- “Mythography: An Exploration of Narrative” and Selections from the Fourth International Drawing Annual exhibit-in-print, Manifest Gallery and Drawing Center, 2727 Woodburn Ave., Cincinnati. Exhibition continues through April. 3. (513) 861-3638.
M.U. Art Museum exhibits work by faculty, former students
- “Miami University Department of Art 2009 Bicentennial Exhibition,” Miami University Art Museum, 801 S. Patterson Ave., Oxford. (513) 523-2232. ALSO ON VIEW: “Dialogue with Nature: New Conceptions of Organic Architecture, Miami University Department of Architecture and Interior Design Fallingwater Honors Studio,” “Paintings, Prints and Sculpture: Selections from the Permanent Collection,”
Exhibition explores Miami’s Greek history
- “Brotherhood and Sisterhood: The Art and Artifacts of Greek Letter Societies at Miami University, 1833-2008,” McGuffey Museum, 410 E. Spring St., Oxford. Focuses on traditions and lore of Greek letter societies and includes badges and profiles of campus landmarks such as the Phi Delta Theta campus gates. (513) 529-8380.
“Dreamstates: Surrealist Art from the Israel Museum on view at Cincinnati Art Museum”
- Cincinnati Art Museum, 953 Eden Park Dr., Cincinnati. (513) 639-2995. ALSO ON VIEW: “Isn’t It Great To Be An Artist? Insider/Outsider Art;” “Stewart Goldman: Presence through Absence;” Folk Art collection on view at Cincinnati Art Museum.
New work by Tara Donovan at Contemporary Arts Center
- “Donald Sultan: The First Decade” and new work by Tara Donovan, Contemporary Arts Center, 44 E. 6th Street, Cincinnati. (513) 345-8400.
Film costumes on view at Taft Museum of Art
- “Fashion in Film,” featuring 36 costumes from period films, and “Small Paintings,” offering an intimate look at collecting at the turn of the 20th century, Taft Museum of Art, 316 Pike St., Cincinnati. $12 adults; $10 students/seniors; $4 children. (513) 241-0343.
Country Club Gallery presents dual exhibition
- “Cheryl Dunn: Spit & Peanut Shells - American Pictures” and “Antonio Adams: Art Thing & the Orgllycreeks & Common Surprise,” Country Club, 424 Findlay St., Cincinnati. Closed Sunday. (513) 792-9744.
film
Cincinnati World Cinema presents Oscar Shorts
- Cincinnati World Cinema presents its 8th Annual Exhibition of the Oscar-Nominated Short Films, 4 p.m. (program A) and 7:30 p.m. (program B) Sunday; the Redmoor in Mt. Lookout Square, 3187 Linwood Ave., Cincinnati. $10 single seating; $16 combo ticket. (513) 871-6789.
Things To Do are also Things That Change and sometimes Things That Sell Out, so be sure to contact the venue before showing up without tickets …
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Tweet‘Jungle Fantasy’ comes to Cincinnati from Broadway
Cirque Dreams “Jungle Fantasy,” 8 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, 1 and 6:30 p.m. Sunday, March 31-April 12, Aronoff Center for the Arts, 650 Walnut, Cincinnati. $19-$55. On-line or by phone at 1-800-982-2787.
“Jungle Fantasy” is the 12th show produced by Cirque Dreams, but is the first to actually enjoy a real Broadway run before going on the road.
“To date, it is the most extravagant of all of our shows,” said producer Neil Goldberg. “When I was creating it in 2005, I started knocking on doors and the Schubert Company got wind of the project and had a theater open while ‘Shrek’ was getting ready, so they let us have an experimental run.”
Goldberg said he didn’t realize at the time what a chore it would be.
“The cast is from all over the world, so none of them are in any of the appropriate unions,” he said. “But we got it all worked out and we were filling the theater until the day it closed. We already had the tour booked so we had to go then, but it opened up a lot of doors and opportunities.”
So now, Cirque Dreams has five more shows opening in the next eight months, including two shows in residency in Las Vegas and a holiday show that will have three full touring companies (and another super-secret but very prestigious Broadway project).
The Cincinnati stop is still early enough in the tour that the production still has the entire original Broadway cast, Goldberg said, plus a pair of local performers that he is very excited about.
“I get to bring dreams to reality,” he said. “It’s never been about the money, but success has allowed me to be more at ease with following my passion and my gut.
“Jungle Fantasy” is about a young adventurer who wanders into the jungle to discover Mother Nature, Goldberg said. The spectacular acts include human butterflies flying over the audience and a frog on a lily pad who juggles seven balls to play a set of drums.
“This show is the epitome of my original Cirque Dreams vision which began with the company in 1993,” he said. “To blend European artistry with circus and Broadway theatrics in a dramatic fashion that transcends imagination, leaves its narration to the eyes of the beholder, and offers something for everyone.”
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TweetMiami U. art student receives Yeck Fellowship
Nick Scrimenti, a senior art major from Dayton, has been selected for a Yeck College Artist Fellowship, one of three programs at the Dayton Art Institute made possible by the Dorothy and Bill Yeck Educational Endowment.
Also selected were Cynthia Harrold, Central State University; Emily Davidson, Art Academy of Cincinnati; and Katy Nelson, Wright State University.
The students created a body of work specifically for display at the institute’s Regional Artists Gallery, April 18-Aug. 23. Fellowship recipients also worked as mentors to select high school art students and received $1,000 for materials to create artwork for the exhibit.
Scrimenti is a printmaker whose work includes figurative, illustrative and abstract imagery.
“I combine these styles together to create images that force the viewer to actually stop, look around and consider for themselves what is happening,” said Scrimenti in an artist’s statement. “The subject matter is generally a biographical or personal statement of how I feel about certain people or issues.”
The late Bill (Miami ’36) and Dorothy Yeck also make possible Miami University’s Young Painters Competition each year.
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TweetGreater Hamilton Art Exhibit entries Day 2
The second day for entering the Greater Hamilton Art Exhibit has passed, leaving the jurors with some big decisions to make. Some of the work is outstanding. I wish I could share more, but there’s so much!!!
Last chance to deliver your work is 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 28, at the Fitton Center, 101 S. Monument Ave., Hamilton. If you cannot deliver your art during scheduled times, you must call Cathy Mayhugh at (513) 863-8873 to make other arrangements.
More details: Call for entries.
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“Twilight” by Steve Maynard, Hamilton
“Sapphire Rhythms” by Bonita Williams Goldberg, Fairfield
“Down the Rabbit Hole” by Jamie Schorsch, Cincinnati
“Jam Sesson II” by Samuel Pointer, Cincinnati
“Natural Bridge to the Urban Divide” by Deborah Lapatina, Cincinnati
“Old Fashioned Bail Out” by Karen B Ng, Cincinnati
“Crown and Glory” by Velma J. Morris, Cincinnati
“Daphne” by Carol Dede, West Chester
“Bronze Talon” by David P. Gieske, Hamilton
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TweetCelebrate Green Tea Day at Miami University
“Aging and Longevity Around the World” is the theme for the ninth annual Green Tea Day at Miami University, Wednesday, April 8. Sponsored by the Scripps Gerontology Center, Green Tea Day provides opportunities to learn about healthy living and aging.
This year’s event features a panel presentation, “From 45 to 85: Understanding Global Disparities in Life Expectancy,” at 9 a.m. in the Shriver Center Heritage Room.
Other highlights include:
Green Tea Day Center, 10 a.m.- 2 p.m., Shriver Center multipurpose rooms. Door prizes, samples of food from around the world, free massages, blood pressure checks, bone density and diabetes screens, workshops on drumming and Qi Gong and information booths on organ donation, pet therapy and many other topics;
Group fitness exercise classes (with daily pass) all day at the recreational sports center;
Green tea reception, 9 a.m.- 2 p.m. in Shideler Hall;
Green tea all day at the art museum and student health center; and
Japanese tea ceremony at 4:30 p.m., followed by the Grandparents of the Year recognition ceremony at 5 p.m., in the Shriver Center Heritage Room.
Events are free and open to the public. Click here for a complete list.
For more information contact Elizabeth Hanna, special projects coordinator for the Scripps Gerontology Center, (513) 529-2653.
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TweetVan Cliburn winner plays at Xavier March 29
Pianist Jon Nakamatsu, 2:30 p.m. Sunday, March 29, Gallagher Student Center Theater, Xavier University. $19-17, seniors $16-14, students $3. (513) 745-3161.
When American Jon Nakamatsu beat out favored foreign competitors at the 10th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 1997, it seemed an unlikely triumph. The high school German teacher from San Jose, Calif., had never attended a conservatory or even majored in music, as had all the other finalists.
But Nakamatsu had studied privately with Marina Derryberry since the age of six, and surprised the rest of the field including respected Russian and Israeli.pianists.
After becoming the first American to win the Van Cliburn competition since 1981, the young Californian bid his German students Auf Wiedersehen and embarked on a concert career that included early appearances with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl and the Boston Pops at Tanglewood. A year after his victory he was performing Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” at a White House gathering hosted by President and Ms. Clinton.
In the years since, his recitals have taken him to New York City (Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall) and Washington, D.C. (the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts). He has also performed with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra, as well as orchestras in Dayton, Detroit and Charlotte.
Overseas, he has appeared with Berlin’s Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester, the Orquesta symphonic Nacional de Costa Rica, and the Tokyo and Hiroshima orchestras in Japan.
Nakamatsu also serves as artistic director of the Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival.
For his Xavier concert, Nakamatsu will play works from four masters: Beethoven, Haydn, Chopin and Schumann.
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TweetCincinnati Symphony plays Beethoven’s Fifth
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, James Gaffigan, conductor; Colin Currie, percussion; 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, March 27-28; Music Hall, 1241 Elm St., Cincinnati. Tickets start at $12. (513) 381-3300.
See bios of the guest artists at the jump….
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Beethoven’s iconic Symphony No. 5 is arguably the most popular and best known work in all of classical music. Young conducting sensation James Gaffigan makes his CSO debut, leading a program that also includes the CSO premiere of composer Jennifer Higdon’s exciting Percussion Concerto performed with Scottish phenomenon Colin Currie.
Video of Colin Currie at work:
James Gaffigan, guest conductor
James Gaffigan was appointed to the position of Associate Conductor of the San Francisco Symphony in September 2006. In that role, he leads the orchestra in concerts throughout the season, including subscription weeks, serves as the Artistic Director of the Summer in the City series and assists Michael Tilson Thomas during his Davies Symphony Hall conducting weeks, on tour and with recording and multi-media projects. From 2003 to 2006, Mr. Gaffigan was assistant conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra, where his responsibilities included assisting Music Director Franz Welser-Moest throughout the season, conducting subscription concerts at Severance Hall and the Blossom Music Festival and serving as Music Director of the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra.
Born in New York City in 1979, Mr. Gaffigan studied at the LaGuardia High School of Music and Art and the Juilliard School Preparatory Division. A graduate of New England Conservatory of Music, he earned his Masters of Music in conducting at the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University in Houston, where he worked with Larry Rachleff. In the summer of 2000, Mr. Gaffigan was one of eight young conductors chosen by David Zinman to participate as an Academy Conductor in the inaugural year of the American Academy of Conducting in Aspen. Two years later he received the Academy’s first Robert Harth Conducting Award and the following summer he was selected as one of two conducting fellows to study at the Tanglewood Music Center.
In the United States, Mr. Gaffigan’s guest conducting has included appearances with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Rochester Philharmonic, the Toronto, New World, Indianapolis, Pacific, Columbus, Utah, Charlotte and San Antonio symphonies and a New York Philharmonic Young People’s Concert. He is also the Music Director of CityMusic Cleveland, a chamber orchestra in Cleveland which presents free concerts throughout the city. In June 2008, he received the League of American Orchestra’s Helen M. Thompson Award for his work with CityMusic.
During the 2008/09 season, James Gaffigan is making his subscription debuts with the Chicago, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Houston, Baltimore, New Jersey, Colorado, Oregon and North Carolina symphonies, the National Arts Centre Orchestra and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and returns to the Rochester Philharmonic.
James Gaffigan’s international career was launched when he was named a first prize winner at the 2004 Sir Georg Solti International Conducting Competition in Frankfurt, Germany. Since then he has worked with the Deutsches Symphony Orchestra in Berlin, Tonhalle Orchestra, Rotterdam and Royal Liverpool Philharmonics, Cologne’s Gürzenrich Orchestra, Camerata Salzburg, Bournemouth Symphony, National Orchestra of Belgium, Leipzig Radio Orchestra and the Frankfurt Museum Orchestra among others. He makes his debuts with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic during the 2008/09 season.
Colin Currie, percussionist
At the age of fifteen Colin Currie won the Shell/LSO prize, and subsequently was the first percussion finalist in the BBC Young Musician competition. He was awarded the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Young Artist Award in 2002 for his outstanding role in contemporary music-making and was a Borletti-Buitoni Trust award winner in 2005. Currie was selected as a BBC New Generation Artist from 2003-2005, and as part of the scheme performed a variety of concerto and recital engagements with the BBC orchestras and in major festivals and concert halls. He is currently Visiting Professor of Solo Percussion at the Royal Academy of Music in London and at the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague.
Currie is deeply committed to the development of new repertoire for percussion in its widest form - orchestral, solo and in chamber music. Currie recently premiered two concerti written for him: with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Eschenbach a new percussion concerto by Jennifer Higdon, and a table of noises by Simon Holt commissioned by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Malmo Symphony. He has also premiered works by composers such as Alexander Goehr, Steve Martland, Steven Mackey, Joe Duddell and Dave Maric, a composer he collaborates with on a regular basis.
Following recent successes with the Minnesota Orchestra, Gürzenich-Orchester, Bergen Philharmonic and at the BBC Proms, in the 2008/9 season Currie is making his debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl as well as performing with the St Louis Symphony, Seoul Philharmonic, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse and Royal Scottish National Orchestra among others. Future commission plans include a concerto by Einojuhani Rautavaara for the Rotterdam Philharmonic, London Philharmonic and Baltimore Symphony, and a marimba concerto by Kurt Schwertsik for the Scottish Ensemble.
Currie also performs extensively as recitalist and chamber musician, collaborating in particular with Hakan Hardenberger in a duo recital for trumpet and percussion, a piano-percussion duo with Nicolas Hodges, with the Pavel Haas Quartet and as leader of a percussion ensemble event centred on Steve Reich’s Drumming. Currie has also collaborated with artists such as Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Viktoria Mullova, the Labèque sisters, and Jazz musicians Peter Erskine, Kenny Wheeler and John Taylor. The 2008/09 season includes a number of important recital and chamber concerts including at the Wigmore Hall and Settembre Musica Festival in Turin and Milan with Nic Hodges, and at the Bridgewater Hall and Hamburg Musikhalle with Hakan Hardenberger. Other recent highlights include the Lucerne Festival, Verbier Festival, LSO St Luke’s, Concertgebouw Amsterdam and in San Francisco and Baltimore.
Colin Currie’s latest CD release features Jennifer Higdon’s Percussion Concerto conducted by Marin Alsop with the London Philharmonic Orchestra. He also recently released a recital disc Borrowed Time on the Onyx label, featuring music by British composer Dave Maric including solo percussion music and duos with trumpet and organ. Currie’s first solo album, Striking a Balance, was released on EMI in February ’98 and he has also recorded concerti by James MacMillan and Michael Torke for Naxos.
Jeffrey Mumford, composer
Born in Washington, D.C. in 1955, composer Jeffrey Mumford has received numerous fellowships, grants, awards and commissions.
Awards include the “Academy Award in Music” from the American Academy of Arts & Letters, a fellowship from the Guggenheim Foundation, a fellowship to the Composers’ Conference, Johnson, Vermont and an ASCAP Aaron Copland Scholarship. He was also the winner of the inaugural National Black Arts Festival/Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Composition Competition.
Other grants have been awarded by the Ohio Arts Council, Oberlin College, the D.C. Commission on the Arts & Humanities (funded through the NEA), the Minnesota Composers’ Forum, the American Music Center, Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University, Meet the Composer, the Martha Baird Rockefeller Fund for Music Inc., the ASCAP Foundation, and the University of California.
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TweetCincinnati World Cinema presents two programs of Oscar-nominated short films
Cincinnati World Cinema presents its 8th Annual Exhibition of the Oscar-Nominated Short Films, 4 p.m. (program A) and 7:30 p.m. (program B) Sunday; 7:30 p.m. Tuesday (program A); 7:30 p.m. Wednesday (program B); the Redmoor in Mt. Lookout Square, 3187 Linwood Ave., Cincinnati. $10 single seating; $16 combo ticket. (513) 871-6789.
“This is the only opportunity for area film buffs to see these thought-provoking and visually beautiful short films at one time, in one place,” said Tim Swallow, director of Cincinnati World Cinema.
Comedy, romance, reflection and suspense are the principal themes in this year’s cream-of-the-crop films from Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Russia, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States.
The films are divided into two separate 93-minute programs, “A” and “B”, each with five Oscar-nominated films, including an Oscar winner; plus each has two or more bonus shorts of comparable caliber.
“As a treat, we’re including some unusual, hilarious and outrageous commercials from around the world,” Swallow said.
For more information: (859) 781-8151.
IMAGE: Scene from Pixar’s “Presto!”
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TweetEntries now being accepted for the 44th Greater Hamilton Art Exhibit
Today was the first day to drop off entries for the Greater Hamilton Art Exhibit, and they’ve already collected some pretty cool stuff.
Director of exhibitions Cathy Mayhugh and her crew will be at the Fitton Center, 101 S. Monument Ave., Hamilton, again 2 to 4 p.m. Friday, March 27, 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 28. If you cannot deliver your art during scheduled times, you must call Cathy Mayhugh at (513) 863-8873 to make other arrangements.
More details: Call for entries.
Here are images of some of works of art submitted. Not everything is guaranteed to make ito the show, however. A panel of judges will make that determination over the next couple of weeks.
“What’s in Your Kids Closet?” by Judy Thaxton, Eaton.
“My Granny” by Judy Thaxton, Eaton.
“Analogous Woman” by Suzie Wright, Middletown.
“Joe Cool’s Blues” by Rosemarie Block, Okeana.
“Masquerade” by Carol Walker, Hamilton.
“Italian Harbor” by Shelley Sizemore, Middletown.
Detail from “Ohio Flint” bead embroidery by Ursula Jones, Loveland.
“Summer Garden” by Susan Mahan, Maineville.
“R. cucullatus (Modern Day Dodo),” intaglio etching by Kelly Hintz, Hamilton.
“Family Tree” by Janet Krebs, Camden.
“Alan” by Bruce Grimes, Cedarville.
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TweetKnot Fibb’n extends local St. Paddy’s day celebrations
Knot Fibb’n, 7 p.m. Saturday, March 28, Fitton Center for Creative Arts, 101 S. Monument Ave., Hamilton. $15 members, $17 non-members. (513) 863-8873.
If St. Patrick’s Day made you thirsty for more Celtic music, the Fitton Center for Creative Arts offers Knot Fibb’n this weekend to wet your tin whistle.
The Columbus-based band is now celebrating its 12th year playing Irish and Celtic music. “Beth (Hicks), our flute player, was the centerpiece of us getting together,” said guitarist Karl Wohlwend. “We did some cocktail parties together, and she knew Renilda (Marshall, accordion player) from her day job and Renilda knew Tim (O’Neill, percussion) from working in a church choir.”
Wohlwend said that at the time, he was feeling in a bit of a rut musically, mostly playing classical guitar alone at parties and receptions.
“I wanted to collaborate with other musicians that I respected,” he said. “I had other projects that were stalling, so when this came along, I just immersed myself in it, trying to understand the music.”
So every Tuesday, the five of them (there was once a fiddle player who has left the band) gathered to learn the techniques and traditions of Celtic music. Through the years, their style has been further shaped by having three of their five CDs produced by masters of the genre, John Doyle (founder of the band Solas) and John Whelan (seven-time All-Ireland Champion fiddler).
Still, Wohlwend said that even though the band starts with traditional Celtic music, that it is a contemporary band.
“We respect and honor the traditions, but we also build upon our own experience and traditions,” he said. “We’re an acoustic band, so we look like a traditional band, but I don’t think we sound like one.”
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TweetMiami Steel Band welcomes Ray Holman from Trinidad
The Miami University Steel Band with Ray Holman, 8 p.m. Friday, April 3, Hall Auditorium, Miami University, Oxford. $5 students, youth and senior citizens and $7 other adults. (513) 529-3200.
Ray Holman is a legendary figure on the pan scene and is one of the most sought after arrangers for Trinidad’s annual Panorama steel band competition. The Miami band will perform several of Holman’s original pieces in a concert celebrating the band’s 15th anniversary.
Tanner, associate professor of music and a noted pan performer, composer and arranger, founded the band in 1994 with 10 players. It has since grown to two separate ensembles with more than 50 members. The band performs regularly in the region and has recorded three successful CDs with Pan Ramajay Productions. A fourth CD is slated for release in September 2009.
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TweetGroovin’ on the Green Concert Series set for Fairfield’s Village Green Amphitheatre
The 2009 Groovin’ on the Green summer concert series lineup has been set, and opens in May with the Fairfield High school band.
The free concerts will be each Thursday and will be kicked off at 6:30 p.m. May 28. In the following weeks, the concerts begin at 7 p.m. The final concert will be Sept. 3
All performances will be at the Village Green Amphitheater.
Concessions will be sold at each concert. The series is presented by Chaco Credit Union.
Groovin’ on the Green anchors the city of Fairfield’s summer events at Village Green Park, which include Swingin’ on the Green on Mondays in June, July and August and the Movies in the Park shown monthly from May to October.
Other park activities include Red White & Kaboom, Fine Arts Fair, a performance by the Hamilton-Fairfield Symphony Orchestra, Hero’s Ride concert and the Cruise In on the Green.
For details on events, visit. Fairfield-City.org.
Groovin’ on the Green lineup
All concerts start at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted
May 28 (6:30 pm) — Fairfield High School Band
June 4 — After Midnight (‘70’s tribute)
June 11 — Robin Lacy & Dezydeco (Cajun/Zydeco)
June 18 — Parrots of the Caribbean (Jimmy Buffett salute)
June 25 — Brian Brenner’s Branson to Vegas Show w/Elvis tribute
July 3 — Red, White & Kaboom… Village Green Park: Blast of Brass Tour with BlueStone Ivory & Second Wind… Harbin Park: The Rusty Griswolds (‘80’s rock)
July 9 — The Fabulous Blues Brothers Legendary Soul Tribute Show (Blues/R&B)
July 16 — Son Del Caribe (Salsa)
July 23 — Eight Days a Week (Beatles tribute)
July 30 — Miami University Steel Band (steel drum)
Aug. 6 — The Klaberheads (German)
Aug. 13 — Thunderbay (Pop/Classic rock)
Aug. 20 — Julie Nickell (Christian)
Aug. 27 — The Menus (Classic rock)
Sept. 3 — The Mistics (Motown)
Swingin’ on the Green
All concerts start at 7 p.m.
June 15 — The Jack Carr Band
July 20 — Curly & the Q Balls
Aug. 17 — Sound Body Jazz Orchestra
Movies in the Park
All movies start at dusk
May 1 — Happy Feet
June 5 — Horton Hears a Who
July 10 — Bee Movie
Aug. 7 — Over the Hedge
Sept. 4 — Wall-E
Oct. 2 — Kung Fu Panda
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TweetJunior Brown plays Sunday at the Madison Theatre
Junior Brown with Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles, doors 7 p.m., concert 8 p.m., Friday, March 27, Madison Theatre, 730 Madison Ave., Covington, Ky. $20 advance, $25 day of show. Tickets available on-line. (859) 491-2444.
A singer and demon guitarist whose raucous blend of country and rock’n’roll helped make him a successful crossover act, Junior Brown was born in 1952 and raised in the backwoods of Kirksville, Ind. He first learned to play the piano from his father, and was exposed to country through radio and TV, becoming a fan of Ernest Tubb’s music and television program. He became a professional musician at the tail end of the ’60s, while still in his teens.
After honing his guitar skills in relative anonymity throughout the ’70s, Brown became an instructor at the Hank Thompson School of Country Music, an affiliate of Rogers State College in Oklahoma. There, while teaching under the auspices of steel guitar legend Leon McAuliffe, a onetime member of Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, Brown met “the lovely Miss Tanya Rae,” a student whom he would later marry in 1988 and who eventually joined his band as a rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist. At the same time, a dream prompted him to set about creating an instrument fusing a six-string guitar with its steel counterpart.
Contacting guitar maker Michael Stevens in 1985, he developed the “guit-steel,” a double-necked guitar combining the standard instrument with the steel. A decade later, the two men reunited to update the “guit-steel,” and Brown’s cherry axe, “Big Red,” was born.
“I was playing both the steel and guitar, switching back and forth a lot while I sang, and it was kind of awkward,” he writes on his website. “But then I had this dream where they just kind of melted together. When I woke up, I thought ‘You know, that thing would work!’ They made double-neck guitars and double-neck steels,so why not one of each?”
After moving to Austin, TX, Brown and his group became the house band at the city’s Continental Club, where strong word-of-mouth eventually earned them a record deal. He made his long-awaited album debut in 1993 with “12 Shades of Brown,” which featured a tribute to his biggest influence, “My Baby Don’t Dance to Nothing but Ernest Tubb.”
His latest record, 2004’s “Down Home Chrome,” found him on a new label (Telarc) but with the same tried and true sound. Curb released a twelve-song “Greatest Hits” collection in June of 2005, followed by Telarc’s Live at the Continental Club: The Austin Experience later that September.
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TweetOxford Community Arts Center encourages cultural exploration with Bi-Okoto Drum & Dance Theater
Oxford Community Arts Center will host an interactive performance by Bi-Okoto Drum & Dance Theatre, a professional African dance company, as a part of its Family Performance Series, 3 p.m. Sunday, March 29.
Bi-Okoto Drum & Dance Theatre is celebrating its 15th year as one of the most artistically accomplished and stable cultural institutes in the Tri-state area. Showcasing dance and style excerpts from countries such as Nigeria, Ghana, Guinea and Mali, Bi-Okoto uses authentic African costumes, props and instruments. The organization currently performs in 39 states and has toured in countries around the world.
Participants will be selected to warm up through dance and learn various traditional musical instruments. African folk stories will also allow for the opportunity to compare and contrast citizenship and cultural morals and values.
Tickets are $10 adults, $8 students and $5 children under 12. A family pack is also available for $24 and includes four tickets, two adults and two children.
Tickets are also available at the Miami University Box Office, (513) 529-3200.
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TweetMusic Cafe 10th Anniversary
Here’s a collection of photos I took at the 10th Anniversary of the Music Cafe, Tuesday, March 23, 2009 at the Fitton Center for Creative Arts.
THE WHOLE STORY: Music Cafe to celebrate 10 years of providing a ‘supportive and nurturing’ environment for musicians.
PHOTOS FROM MUSIC CAFES PAST: Photos of some past Music Cafe performers….
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Tweet‘Last Train to Nibroc’ the story of young love
“Last Train to Nibroc” by Arlene Hutton, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday, 4 and 8 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Sundays, April 2-26; previews begin March 28, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. $47-$57 ($41 preview performances). (513) 421-3888.
SYNOPSIS: Young lives intertwine when Raleigh, a recently discharged flyboy with ambitions of becoming a writer, and May, a woman who dreams of doing missionary work, board the same train to Los Angeles in the winter of 1940. They soon come to realize that not only are they headed in a similar direction, but their roots are closer than they could have dreamed. The two grew up just miles from each other in Kentucky, but share very different memories of the local Nibroc Festival, an annual event near their hometowns. Out of this chance meeting blossoms a romance that draws Raleigh and May together, but conflict threatens to pull them apart. A year and a half after their train ride, they find each other once again in Kentucky and discuss what went wrong with their first attempt at love. When their paths cross one final time another year later, the two decide whether there is still room in their lives for a stranger on the train and learn that sometimes you have to let go to get what you really want.
PRODUCTION HISTORY: “Last Train to Nibroc” premiered at the second New York Fringe Festival in 1998 and moved to the 78th Street Theatre Lab a few months later. The play quickly moved off-Broadway where it received a nomination for Best Play from the New York Drama League in 2000. There have been over one hundred regional productions. This play is the first in the critically acclaimed Nibroc trilogy penned by playwright Arlene Hutton along with “See Rock City” and “Gulf View Drive.” Hutton’s work has been performed worldwide, with four appearances at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. She also wrote “As It Is in Heaven,” a play about Kentucky Shakers, and “Parhelia,” a new work about the Brontë family.
PLAYWRIGHT’S STATEMENT: “‘Last Train to Nibrock’ is a patchwork quilt of family lore and stories I heard as a child, all stitched together to tell the fictional tale of May and Raleigh. The plot is fiction; the details are fact. I placed two young people from Kentucky on [a] train, basing them loosely on my parents, who in real life had been falling in love at just about that time.”
CAST: Dana Acheson (May) and Timothy Kiefer (Raleigh) make their Playhouse debuts as the two young lovers. Directed by Rob Ruggiero (“Ella”).
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TweetLocal FOPA and Riverbank Cafe team up for a night of awareness and appreciation
The Riverbank Cafe has teamed up with the Fraternal Order of Police Associates Lodge 19 (FOPA) in Hamilton and Butler County for a fund-raising and awareness-raising event, 6 to 10 p.m. Friday, March 27.
“We’re inviting all law enforcement personnel to come down and meet the public in a friendly atmosphere so we can all get to know each other better,” said FOPA president Tim Spoonster.
The general public is also invited to come and socialize with local law enforcement officials, and 15 percent of the revenues for the evening will be donated to the FOPA. “Sometimes, society is a little distanced from the officers,” said Dennis Kurlas, owner of the Riverbank Cafe. “This is a place where we come to have fun while these guys are out living in danger protecting us.”
The band 99 IQ will perform during the event.
The FOPA, Spoonster said, is an organization of community members that come together to support the efforts of Police and Law enforcement personnel throughout the state of Ohio.
“Our State Lodge provides funds to the State Fraternal Order of Police to give assistance to the families of fallen policemen, scholarships to officers and their children and support for the offices of the FOP,” he said.
On a local level, FOPA Lodge 19 supports law enforcement agencies including the Hamilton, Fairfield, Oxford, Ross Township, Oxford Township and Miami University police departments, along with county officers in the prosecutors, coroners and bailiffs, and Butler County Park District Rangers.
FOPA funds have been used for police retirement and recognition activities, an annual Halloween candy distribution and the Christmas Caravan, which distributed food and presents to 25 families last holiday season.
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TweetCovedale presents “Peter Pan”
SYNOPSIS: All children grow up…. except one! Based on J.M. Barrie’s tale of the same name, this is the all time favorite musical of Peter - the boy who spent his life in Neverland battling pirates. When he brings the Darling children to Neverland, he finally defeats his foe, Captain Hook, and befriends the Indian princess. A musical the entire family can crow about, with all the famous songs - “I’m Flying”, “I Gotta Crow”, “Never Neverland”, “I Won’t Grow Up” and “Captain Hook.”
CAST: Tony Boeing (Michael Darling), Ben Cober (Crocodile/Nana, the Dog), Jack Fetick (John Darling), Leo Northart (Smee), Jennifer Martin (Tiger Lilly), Samantha Northart (Liza/Wendy Grown Up), Brooke Rucidlo (Peter Pan), Lauren Shmalo (Wendy Darling/Jane), Michael Shawn Starks (Captain Hook/Mr. Darling), Megan Williams (Mrs. Darling/Indian) and the rest of the ensemble includes: Mary Burger, RJ Caldwell, Stevyn Carmona, Johnathan Emmons, Nick Hellmann, Joel Kimling, Molly Moran, Tiffany Patterson, Hope Pauly, Patrick Thernes, Carol Scaringelli, Ana Sucaldito, Lerin Weesner, and Xander Wells.
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TweetCincinnati Ballet presents ‘Sinatra Suite and More’
Cincinnati Ballet presents “Sinatra Suite and More,” 8 p.m. Friday March 27, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday March 28, Aronoff Center for the Arts, 650 Walnut, Cincinnati. $21-$73. (513) 621-5282.
SYNOPSIS: It’s been said that no serious dance artist has ever stretched the boundaries between classical and popular, serious and silly, accessible and intellectual, as Twyla Tharp, who is probably as well-known in the dance world and to the public-at-large as her one-time collaborator Mikhail Baryshnikov, who with ballerina Elaine Kudo premiered the five-song Sinatra Suite in 1984. To famous Sinatra standards like “Strangers in the Night,” “That’s Life” and “My Way,” (which ends with a bitter-sweet solo for the man), the couple who dance in Sinatra Suite run the gamut of an all-too-familiar romantic trajectory, ranging from infatuation through cynicism and resignation, in an elegant and searching showcase with its very own emotion and distinction.
Discussions, party info at the jump….
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Also on the bill:
George Balanchine’s “Tarantella”;
Jessica Lang’s “La Belle Danse”;
A world premiere from Devon Carney.
Footnotes, a Pre-performance Discussion
Cincinnati Ballet’s free pre-performance talk, Footnotes, gives audience members the opportunity to hear background information, learn interesting facts and ask questions in a casual setting. Footnotes discussions occur forty-five minutes before every performance at the Aronoff Center Stage Room (entrance across from the Westin Art Gallery), and are led by choreographers, designers and Cincinnati Ballet directors and staff.
After Parties
Patrons enjoy a night at the ballet, then mingle at a nearby location, where they can meet the dancers and enjoy complimentary hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar. Go to www.cincinnatiballet.com to find special events associated with Sinatra Suite + More.
Lunch and Dinner Packages
Cincinnati Ballet offers outstanding dinner/lunch packages throughout the greater Cincinnati area for most performances. 513-562-1114 for more information.
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TweetFairfield Lane Library to get all Stink-y
Join the Fairfield Lane Library, 1485 Corydale Dr., Fairfield, for all things Stink during “The Adventures of Stink,” 10:30 a.m. to noon, Saturday, April 11.
Children ages 6 - 10 will take part in answering trivia questions about Judy Moody’s little brother and create their own comic.
Copies of the Stink books can be picked up at the Children’s Service desk upon registration.
Registration is required. Call 858-3238, ext. 360.
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TweetBruce Lee the subject of Miami U. forum
The family of the late Bruce Lee — widely regarded as the most influential martial artist of the 20th century and a cultural icon — will present a forum at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 31, in Hall Auditorium at Miami University.
Lee’s widow Linda Lee, daughter Shannon Lee Keasler and grandchild Wren Lee Keasler will share how American life, particularly through the cinematic medium, was altered by Lee’s vision, his movement to include all ethnic differences and his philosophy of self expression. The forum is part of Diversity Week events at Miami, March 30-April 4.
The Lee family visit, free and open to the public, is made possible through a partnership with the Bruce Lee Foundation. It is sponsored by Miami’s office of diversity affairs in partnership with the campus activities council, diversity affairs council, Asian and Asian American Faculty and Staff Association, office of student activities and leadership and office of student affairs.
For more information, contact Eloiza Domingo Synder at 529-9759.
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TweetCincinnati Playhouse announces 50th Anniversary (2009-10) Season
“I’m proud to announce the single most extraordinary season in our 50 years. While we will revive some of our popular shows, this 50th anniversary is as much a celebration of the Playhouse’s future as it is its past. Significant new works will be produced with some of the finest artists in the English-speaking theatre - right here in Cincinnati.” — Ed Stern, producing artistic director, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park.
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The Robert S. Marx Theatre Season:
PLAYHOUSE REVIVAL: “Sleuth” by Anthony Shaffer. Sept. 10-Oct. 3 (previews beginning Sept. 5). When an aging mystery writer lures his wife’s lover to his manor house, the younger man becomes unwittingly drawn into a tangled web of intrigue and gamesmanship, where nothing is quite what it seems.
NEW LOOK AT A CLASSIC: “Three Sisters” by Anton Chekhov, adapted by Sarah Ruhl. Oct. 29-Nov. 2 (previews begin Oct. 24). Stuck in a backwater town, the sisters long to get to Moscow where they imagine their lives will be transformed and fulfilled. Love lies deep and untapped for schoolmistress Olga, married Masha and idealistic Irina. Directed by John Doyle (“Company”).
PLAYHOUSE TRADITION: Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” adapted by Howard Dallin. Dec. 4-30 (preview Dec. 30. Not part of any subscription package, although subscribers do receive discounts and early buying opportunities.
WORLD PREMIERE: “The Fall of Heaven” by Walter Mosley. Jan. 28-Feb. 20 (previews begin Jan. 23). Tempest Landry, a street-wise young man living in Harlem, unexpectedly finds himself at the Pearly Gates. When Saint Peter orders him to hell, the quick-witted Tempest refuses to go. A technical loophole forces heaven to send Tempest back to Earth with an angel in tow to keep him out of trouble. The resulting battle of wills takes an intriguing look at good versus evil and what it means to be human.
WORLD PREMIERE: “Daddy-Long-Legs” by Paul Gordon and John Caird. March 18-April 10 (previews begin March 13). When an orphanage trustee offers a college education to an 18-year-old girl, his only request is that she must never know who he is and that she write to him monthly, though he will never respond. Her letters paint a moving portrait of her life in the orphanage and her exhilaration as she blossoms into a young woman, causing him to fall in love with her. By the team that produced “Emma” for the Playhouse’s 2008-09 season.
PLAYHOUSE REVIVAL: “Ain’t Misbehavin’,” featuring the music of Fats Waller. May 6-29 (previews begin May 10.
The Thompson Shelterhouse Season:
WORLD PREMIERE: “Victoria Musica” by Michele Lowe. Oct. 1-25 (previews begin Sept. 26). When a world-famous cellist dies, a music critic begins to suspect that her legacy of extraordinary recordings are all frauds. Sacrificing his own career to find the truth, he uncovers the cellist’s past as a young, struggling artist and discovers how her music and marriage fit into the puzzle.
PLAYHOUSE REVIVAL: “Sanders Family Christmas: More Smoke on the Mountain” by Connie Ray and Alan Baily. Nov. 12-Dec. 31 (previews begin Nov. 7). This heavenly evening of laughter, tears and music features 28 standard Christmas carols and gospel songs. Vera, Burl, Stanley, June, Dennis and Denise will make audiences feel right at home, again, with their brand of faith, family and old-fashioned fun. Co-creator Alan Bailey will direct.
“How? How? Why? Why? Why?” by Kevin Kling. Feb. 18-March 14 (previews begin Feb. 13). Kling explores the difference between the trip you plan and the trip you take in life. He says trauma can’t be cured, but it can be healed; and his method of healing is laughter. In recounting the events following a debilitating motorcycle accident, Kling uses his great skill for riveting and hilarious storytelling to examine how tragedy can positively define a person’s life.
REGIONAL PREMIERE: “The History of Invulnterability” by David Bar Katz. April 8-May 2 (previews begin April 3). Superman - the man of steel - is invulnerable. Jerry Siegel - the creator of Superman - was far more vulnerable. Siegel was one of a number of Jews who created the cartoon superheroes of the 1930s and 40s in response to the rise of Nazi Germany. Siegel’s own tumultuous story intertwines with the tragic events of a world on the edge, a place where even Superman has his limits.
PLAYHOUSE REVIVAL: “The Fantasticks” by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt. May 20-June 15 (previews begin May 15). The most revived show at the Playhouse in the Park. This enchanting and funny show, with book and lyrics by Tom Jones and music by Harvey Schmidt, tells the story of a young man and the girl next door whose parents have built a wall to keep them apart. Nevertheless, the youngsters conspire to meet and fall in love. Their parents, meanwhile, congratulate themselves, for they erected the wall and staged a feud as part of a scheme to achieve a marriage between their willfully disobedient children.
Ticketing
For the 2009-10 season, two more preview performances have been added to each Marx show and tickets in B, C and D sections are just $25 per show.
Subscriptions to the 2009-10 Playhouse season are available now in a variety of packages. Prices range from $125 to $323 for the five-show Robert S. Marx Season, $209.50 to $338 for the five Thompson Shelterhouse shows and $302 to $599.50 for the full 10-show combination series package.
The popular “Build Your Own” subscription package allows patrons to create their own season of four to nine shows in either theatre, with prices ranging from $178 to $522. New this year, the Playhouse is offering three-, six- and nine-month payment options for subscribers. Some restrictions apply. The Corner Club is also available for all regular Marx performances and starts at $132. The discounted educator subscription has been expanded to all Marx Theatre performances.
A student “Build Your Own” package allows full-time students to pick as few as four shows and as many as nine from either theatre for just $20 per show.
The Enjoy the Arts Member Series (under 35 years of age) has been expanded to include all Marx and Shelterhouse performances. Members can get the same half-price discount as a subscription as they would on an individual ticket basis. Some restrictions apply. The Baby Sitter Rebate Series allows a couple purchasing two subscriptions in the Marx Theatre to attend any performance and receive $100 at the end of the season to help cover the cost of baby sitters. Some restrictions apply.
Costs for most packages depend on the day of week and seat location desired. Some sections are sold out. Single tickets for all shows will go on sale to the general public August 17.
To purchase subscriptions or for more information about the 2009-2010 season at the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, call 513/421-3888 or toll-free throughout Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana at 800/582-3208. For Telecommunications Device for the Deaf access, call 513/345-2248. Subscription information is also available online at www.cincyplay.com.
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TweetThings to do today only
For a bigger list of Things to Do This week, see THINGS TO DO THIS WEEK.
— The Music Cafe, 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 24, Fitton Center for Creative Arts, 101 S. Monument Ave., Hamilton. Free. (513) 967-8873.
THE WHOLE STORY: Music Cafe to celebrate 10 years of providing a ‘supportive and nurturing’ environment for musicians.
— Juan de Marcos & Afro-Cuban All Stars, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 24, Hall Auditorium, Miami University, Oxford. $26 adults, $25 senior citizens, $13 students/youth. (513) 529-3200.
— Stars on Ice presents “On the Edge” with Olympic skating stars Sasha Cohen & Jeffrey Buttle, 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 24, U.S. Bank Arena, Cincinnati. Tickets start at $25. (513) 562-4949. Groups call: (513) 421-4111 x149.
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TweetI’ve got a secret
I know what the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park has lined up for its 50th anniversary season … but I’m not allowed to tell you about it until midnight.
So check back here at 12:01 a.m. and see what’s in store ….
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TweetVance Gilbert stretches the truth
Vance Gilbert with special guest Kate Campbell, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 28, Parrish Auditorium, Miami University Hamilton, $18 adults; $16 seniors, $10 students/children. (513) 529-3200.
++++++++++ Because good singer/songwriters tend to wear their hearts on their sleeves, the audience has a tendency to take what the stories they tell as literal truth, but Vance Gilbert thinks that’s a naive and romantic ideal.
“A good song tells the truth,” Gilbert agreed, “but I don’t let the truth get in the way of a good song.”
The title track to his latest album, “Up on Rockfield,” for instance, began with a true story, but then created its own reality.
“In the neighborhood where I live, there were a couple of different builders, one putting up a huge mansion and the other putting up a large apartment building about 500 yards from our houses,” he said. “We were bemoaning all of the construction, but they had our backs against the wall.”
So it went into his notebook and came out a gospel roof-raiser about people standing together to support each other.
There are times — and songs on the album — where adherence to the literal truth is important. On “Goodbye Pluto,” for instance, Gilbert started with, and stuck to, the science behind giving our former ninth planet a demotion.
“The science is all correct in the song,” he said, “but I wanted it to be more than a cute listing of facts, so I started asking myself, ‘What would Shawn Colvin do here? Some of this sounds very much like what Raffi would sing… What would Raffi do here?”
But in spite of its sing-songy choruses, “Goodbye Pluto” ends up contemplation on the nature of change and the brutal march of time.
“It dawned on me how important it is when something changes in your point of reference,” he said. “When you ponder the change, then you change.”
Gilbert grew up in the Philadelphia area, went to college in Connecticut and decided to settle in Boston to start his career, viewing it as a little cheaper (at the time) and more manageable than New York City.
“When I got here, Boston started becoming an acoustic music epicenter,” he said. “A lot of people cut their teeth here, and it was perfect for me as a jazz vocalist playing guitar.”
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TweetThings to do this week
kids/family
Olympic stars take center stage ‘On the Edge’
Stars on Ice presents “On the Edge” with Olympic skating stars Sasha Cohen & Jeffrey Buttle, 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 24, U.S. Bank Arena, Cincinnati. Tickets start at $25. (513) 562-4949. Groups call: (513) 421-4111 x149.
Feathered dinosaurs on view at Museum Center
“Dinosaurs Unearthed,” non-members: $15 adults, $10 children; members: $10 adults, $7 children. “Dinosaurs Alive,” OmniMax Theatre, non-members: $7.50 adults, $6.50 seniors, $5.50 children; members: $5.50 adults; $4.50 children. Open until 9 p.m. Friday. Cincinnati Museum Center, 1301 Western Ave., Cincinnati. (513) 281-7000. MORE: Not your grandpa’s dinosaurs: These have feathers!
“March Maze Madness,” EnterTRAINment Junction, 7379 Squire Ct., West Chester. $12.95 adults, $9.95 kids 3-12. (513) 898-8000. The Maze is like old-time amusement park funhouse with trick mirrors, spinning vortex tunnel and hurricane room.
Check our GOING OUT GUIDE for a big list of things to do with your children.
nitelife
— Big list of places to gather and things to do there in this weekend’sGOING OUT GUIDE.
concerts/music
— The Music Cafe, 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 24, Fitton Center for Creative Arts, 101 S. Monument Ave., Hamilton. Free. (513) 967-8873.
THE WHOLE STORY: Music Cafe to celebrate 10 years of providing a ‘supportive and nurturing’ environment for musicians.
— Juan de Marcos & Afro-Cuban All Stars, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 24, Hall Auditorium, Miami University, Oxford. $26 adults, $25 senior citizens, $13 students/youth. (513) 529-3200.
theater/performing arts
— “Mauritius” by Theresa Rebeck, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday, Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati, 1127 Vine St., Cincinnati. $29-$38. (513) 421-3555.
MORE: Rare stamps center of intrigue in Ensemble Theatre’s ‘Mauritius’.
REVIEW: ‘Mauritiu$ about power, control and money — and stamps.
— “Doubt: A Parable” by John Patrick Shanley, Human Race Theatre Company production,8 p.m. Wednesday-Friday, Loft Theatre, 126 N. Main, Dayton. Box Office: (937) 228-3630.
— “The Foreigner” by Larry Shue, Marx Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday. $27-$55. (513) 421-3888.
REVIEW: ‘The Foreigner’: Funny but pointless.
— “Bent” by Martin Sherman, 8 p.m. Thursday-Friday, New Stage Collective, 1140 Main St., Cincinnati. $20 general; $16 senior; $12 students. (513) 621-3700. Content Warning: for Mature Audiences - ages 17 and up.
REVIEW: ‘Bent’ an odd but powerful drama.
— “Eurydice” by Sarah Ruhl, 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Know Theatre of Cincinnati, 1120 Jackson, Cincinnati. (513) 300-5669.
— La Comedia Dinner Theatre presents “Camelot,” brunch arrival starts at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday and Friday; dinner arrival starts at 5:30 p.m. Friday. $51-$69. 765 W. Central Ave., Springboro. (800) 677-9505.
— FINAL WEEK: “Bringing Sexy Back,” Shadowbox Cabaret, Newport on the Levee. 7:30 Thursday, 7:30 and 10:30 p.m. Friday. $30 adults, $20 students/seniors. (859) 581-7625. A collection of original sketch comedy and live rock ‘n’ roll from house band BillWho? dedicated to love, relationships, and America’s favorite pastime (wink wink).
galleries/exhibitions
— “Miami Printmakers” Fairfield Community Arts Center, 411 Wessel Dr., Fairfield. (513) 867-5348.
— “Light + Rain + Time =” by Chrissy Collopy, through March, Oxford Community Arts Center, 10 S. College, Oxford. (513) 524-8506.
— Works by Glenn M. Julian, the Commons Gallery at the Knolls of Oxford, 6727 Contreras Rd., Oxford. (513) 524-7990.
— “The Hope and Strength Through Art: Celebrating the Masters,” showcasing local works by adults and children living with a mental illness, Mason Municipal Center, 6000 Mason-Montgomery Rd.
— “Miami University Department of Art 2009 Bicentennial Exhibition,” M.U. Art Museum exhibits work by faculty, former students; “Dialogue with Nature: New Conceptions of Organic Architecture Miami University Department of Architecture and Interior Design Fallingwater Honors Studio,” “Paintings, Prints and Sculpture: Selections from the Permanent Collection,” Miami University Art Museum, 801 S. Patterson Ave., Oxford. (513) 523-2232.
— “Brotherhood and Sisterhood: The Art and Artifacts of Greek Letter Societies at Miami University, 1833-2008,” McGuffey Museum, 410 E. Spring St., Oxford. Focuses on traditions and lore of Greek letter societies and includes badges and profiles of campus landmarks such as the Phi Delta Theta campus gates. Closed Monday. (513) 529-8380.
— * “Isn’t It Great To Be An Artist? Insider/Outsider Art;”
“Stewart Goldman: Presence through Absence;” “Dreamstates: Surrealist Art from the Israel Museum;” Cincinnati Art Museum, 953 Eden Park Dr., Cincinnati. Closed Monday. (513) 639-2995. - DETAILS/IMAGES: Folk Art collection on view at Cincinnati Art Museum.
— “Donald Sultan: The First Decade” and new work by Tara Donovan, Contemporary Arts Center, 44 E. 6th Street, Cincinnati. Closed Tuesday. (513) 345-8400.
— “Fashion in Film,” featuring 36 costumes from period films, and “Small Paintings,” offering an intimate look at collecting at the turn of the 20th century, Taft Museum of Art, 316 Pike St., Cincinnati. $12 adults; $10 students/seniors; $4 children. (513) 241-0343.
— “Cincinnati - A Glimpse from the Past,” The Betts House, 416 Clark St., two blocks west of Music Hall, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. $2. Closed Monday, Friday. (513) 651-0734.
— “Parallel Visions VII,” Studio San Giuseppe Art Gallery at the College of Mount St. Joseph, 5701 Delhi Road, Cincinnati. (513) 244-4314; www.msj.edu.
literary/cultural
— The Butler County Historical Society presents “From Junipers to Journalism” by Ercel Eaton, local journalist and author, 6:30 p.m. Monday, March 23, Berkeley Square Towne Hall Room, 100 Berkeley Dr., Hamilton. Free. (513) 737-5958.
________ Things To Do are also Things That Change
and sometimes Things That Sell Out,
so be sure to contact the venue
before showing up without tickets …
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theater/performing arts
- The Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park’s Lafley Touring Company presents “Theory of Mind” by Ken LaZebnik, 3 p.m. Sunday, March 22, at the Oxford Community Arts Center, 10 S. College Ave., Oxford. $5; $3 youth 12 to 17 years old. Not recommended for children under 12. (513) 424-8506. PHOTOS/SYNOPSIS.
concerts
Juan de Marcos & Afro-Cuban All Stars, 7 p.m. Sunday, March 22, Procter & Gamble Hall, Aronoff Center for the Arts, 650 Walnut, Cincinnati. $25-$32. (513) 621-2787. INTERVIEW WITH JUAN DE MARCOS.
“Music and the Mind: George Gershwin,” presented by renowned pianist/psychiatrist Richard Kogan, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 21, Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center, 1028 Scott St., Covington, Ky. $50 adults, $40 students. (859) 957-1940.
The Vocal Arts Ensemble winter concert, 2 p.m. at Memorial Hall, 1225 Elm St. and 7:30 p.m. at the Anderson Center, 7850 Five Mile Road, Anderson Township. $25 adults, $15 students (513) 559-0000. Program includes two world premieres, Alice Parker’s “Kentucky Psalms” and William Hawley’s “Three American Folk Hymns.”
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kids/family
- Celtic Festival, noon to 5 p.m., Fairfield Community Arts Center, 411 Wessel Drive, Fairfield. FREE ACTIVITIES FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY.
concert
- Tommy Sands, 8 p.m. Saturday, March 21, Fairfield Community Arts Center, 411 Wessel Dr., Fairfield. $15 adult; $12 students/seniors. (513) 867-5348. INTERVIEW WITH TOMMY SANDS.
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TweetThings to do this weekend
kids/family
Celtic Festival, noon to 5 p.m., Fairfield Community Arts Center, 411 Wessel Drive, Fairfield. FREE ACTIVITIES FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY.
“Dinosaurs Unearthed,” non-members: $15 adults, $10 children; members: $10 adults, $7 children. “Dinosaurs Alive,” OmniMax Theatre, non-members: $7.50 adults, $6.50 seniors, $5.50 children; members: $5.50 adults; $4.50 children. Open until 9 p.m. Friday. Cincinnati Museum Center, 1301 Western Ave., Cincinnati. (513) 281-7000. MORE: Not your grandpa’s dinosaurs: These have feathers!”
“March Maze Madness,” EnterTRAINment Junction, 7379 Squire Ct., West Chester. $12.95 adults, $9.95 kids 3-12. (513) 898-8000. The Maze is like old-time amusement park funhouse with trick mirrors, spinning vortex tunnel and hurricane room.
Check our GOING OUT GUIDE for a big list of things to do with your children.
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- Big list of places to gather and things to do there in this weekend’sGOING OUT GUIDE.
concerts/music
Emmanuel Pahud, principal flutist for the Berlin Philharmonic, will perform with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, 11 a.m. Friday, March 20 8 p.m. Saturday, March 21, Music Hall, 1241 Elm St., Cincinnati. Tickets start at $12. (513) 381-3300. CINCINNATI SYMPHONY PERFORMS IN FRENCH.
Tommy Sands, 8 p.m. Saturday, March 21, Fairfield Community Arts Center, 411 Wessel Dr., Fairfield. $15 adult; $12 students/seniors. (513) 867-5348. INTERVIEW WITH TOMMY SANDS.
The Anderson University Chorale, 7 p.m. Saturday, March 21, Christ United Methodist Church, 700 S. Marshall Rd. Middletown. (513) 422-7364. A partial concert will also be 10:45 a.m. Sunday, March 22.
Juan de Marcos & Afro-Cuban All Stars, 7 p.m. Sunday, March 22, Procter & Gamble Hall, Aronoff Center for the Arts, 650 Walnut, Cincinnati. $25-$32. (513) 621-2787. INTERVIEW WITH JUAN DE MARCOS.
“Music and the Mind: George Gershwin,” presented by renowned pianist/psychiatrist Richard Kogan, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 21, Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center, 1028 Scott St., Covington, Ky. $50 adults, $40 students. (859) 957-1940.
The Vocal Arts Ensemble winter concert, be 2 p.m. at Memorial Hall, 1225 Elm St. and 7:30 p.m. at the Anderson Center, 7850 Five Mile Road, Anderson Township. $25 adults, $15 students (513) 559-0000. Program includes two world premieres, Alice Parker’s “Kentucky Psalms” and William Hawley’s “Three American Folk Hymns.”
theater/performing arts
“Accepting Perfect” by the Demetrius Klein Dance Company, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, March 20 and 21, Fitton Center for Creative Arts, 101 S. Monument Ave., Hamilton. $8 members, $10 non-members. (513) 863-8873; www.fittoncenter.org. INTERVIEW WITH DEMETRIUS KLEIN.
The Hamilton Rotary Club presents Rogers and Hammerstein’s “The Sound of Music,” 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, March 19-22, Parrish Auditorium, Miami University Hamilton. $15. (513) 867-4869. MORE: Parrish Auditorium will come alive with “The Sound of Music”. CAST: Rotary announces cast for “The Sound of Music”.
Contemporary Dance Theatre Gesel Mason’s “No Boundaries: Dancing the Visions of Contemporary Black Choreographers,” 8:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, March 20-21, Jarson-Kaplan Theater, Aronoff Center for the Arts, 650 Walnut, Cincinnati. $22-$27 adults; $17 students/seniors. (513) 621-2787 or online. ‘NO BOUNDARIES’ FOR CONTEMPORARY DANCE THEATRE.
“Stalag 17,” By Donald Bevan and Edmund Trzcinski, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 7 p.m. Sunday, Mariemont Players Walton Creek Theater, 4101 Walton Creek Road, Cincinnati. $17. (513) 684-1236. PHOTO/SYNOPSIS/CAST.
SUNDAY ONLY: The Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park’s Lafley Touring Company presents “Theory of Mind” by Ken LaZebnik, 3 p.m. Sunday, March 22, at the Oxford Community Arts Center, 10 S. College Ave., Oxford. $5; $3 youth 12 to 17 years old. Not recommended for children under 12. (513) 424-8506. PHOTOS/SYNOPSIS.
“Mauritius” by Theresa Rebeck, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, March 18-April 5, Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati, 1127 Vine St., Cincinnati. $29-$38. (513) 421-3555. MORE: Rare stamps center of intrigue in Ensemble Theatre’s ‘Mauritius’. REVIEW: ‘Mauritiu$ about power, control and money — and stamps.
“Doubt: A Parable” by John Patrick Shanley, Human Race Theatre Company production,8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday, Loft Theatre, 126 N. Main, Dayton. Box Office: (937) 228-3630.
“The Foreigner” by Larry Shue, Marx Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. 8 p.m. Friday, 4 and 8 p.m. Saturday, 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday, through April 10. $27-$55. (513) 421-3888. MORE: Cincinnati Playhouse opens ‘The Foreigner’ March 12. REVIEW: ‘The Foreigner’: Funny but pointless.
“Bent” by Martin Sherman, 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday, through April 5, New Stage Collective, 1140 Main St., Cincinnati. $20 general; $16 senior; $12 students. (513) 621-3700. Content Warning: for Mature Audiences - ages 17 and up. MORE: New Stage Collective presents ‘Bent’. REVIEW: ‘Bent’ an odd but powerful drama.
“Eurydice” by Sarah Ruhl, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Know Theatre of Cincinnati, 1120 Jackson, Cincinnati. (513) 300-5669. MORE: Video trailer for Know Theatre’s ‘Eurydice’. REVIEW: Know Theatre updates ‘Eurydice’ myth.
FINAL WEEKEND: “Timon of Athens” by William Shakespeare, 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, through March 22, Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, 719 Race Street, Cincinnati. 7:30 p.m. $26 reserved, $22 seniors, $16 students. (513) 381-2273. MORE: ‘Timon of Athens’ gets rare performance at Cincinnati Shakespeare. REVIEW: ‘Timon’ more than a museum piece.
La Comedia Dinner Theatre presents “Camelot,” brunch arrival starts at 10:30 a.m. Sunday; dinner arrival starts at 5:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. $51-$69. 765 W. Central Ave., Springboro. (800) 677-9505.
“Bringing Sexy Back,” Shadowbox Cabaret, Newport on the Levee. 7:30 and 10:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday through March 28. $30 adults, $20 students/seniors. (859) 581-7625. A collection of original sketch comedy and live rock ‘n’ roll from house band BillWho? dedicated to love, relationships, and America’s favorite pastime (wink wink).
galleries/exhibitions
“Miami Printmakers,” opening reception, 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, March 20; exhibition remains on view through April 18, Fairfield Community Arts Center, 411 Wessel Dr., Fairfield. (513) 867-5348. MORE: “Miami Printmakers” show their stuff….
“Awakening: Path to Spirituality,” paintings by Chuck Marshall, 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Gallery 42 Fine Art, 105 E. Main St., Mason. (513) 234-7874. Closed Sunday. MORE: Chuck Marshall exhibit at Gallery 42.
“Mythography: An Exploration of Narrative” and Selections from the Fourth International Drawing Annual exhibit-in-print, Manifest Gallery and Drawing Center, 2727 Woodburn Ave., Cincinnati. Exhibition continues through April. 3. (513) 861-3638. MORE: New exhibitions at Manifest Gallery.
“Miami University Department of Art 2009 Bicentennial Exhibition,” M.U. Art Museum exhibits work by faculty, former students; “Dialogue with Nature: New Conceptions of Organic Architecture Miami University Department of Architecture and Interior Design Fallingwater Honors Studio,” “Paintings, Prints and Sculpture: Selections from the Permanent Collection,” Miami University Art Museum, 801 S. Patterson Ave., Oxford. (513) 523-2232.
“Brotherhood and Sisterhood: The Art and Artifacts of Greek Letter Societies at Miami University, 1833-2008,” McGuffey Museum, 410 E. Spring St., Oxford. Focuses on traditions and lore of Greek letter societies and includes badges and profiles of campus landmarks such as the Phi Delta Theta campus gates. (513) 529-8380.
FINAL DAY: “Identities” at the Fitton Center for Creative Arts, 101 S. Monument Ave., Hamilton. Featuring the work of David T. Collins, Cristin Millett, Kim Curinga and Amy Rich. (513) 863-8873. Closed Sunday. PREVIEW: Fitton Center exhibit explores personal identities. NEXT: The Greater Hamilton Art Exhibition.
“Isn’t It Great To Be An Artist? Insider/Outsider Art;”
“Stewart Goldman: Presence through Absence;” “Dreamstates: Surrealist Art from the Israel Museum;” Cincinnati Art Museum, 953 Eden Park Dr., Cincinnati. (513) 639-2995. DETAILS/IMAGES: Folk Art collection on view at Cincinnati Art Museum. “Donald Sultan: The First Decade” and new work by Tara Donovan, Contemporary Arts Center, 44 E. 6th Street, Cincinnati. (513) 345-8400. MORE INFO: New exhibits coming to Contemporary Arts Center.
“Fashion in Film,” featuring 36 costumes from period films, and “Small Paintings,” offering an intimate look at collecting at the turn of the 20th century, Taft Museum of Art, 316 Pike St., Cincinnati. $12 adults; $10 students/seniors; $4 children. (513) 241-0343.
“Parallel Visions VII,” Studio San Giuseppe Art Gallery at the College of Mount St. Joseph, 5701 Delhi Road, Cincinnati. (513) 244-4314; www.msj.edu.
“Cheryl Dunn: Spit & Peanut Shells - American Pictures” and “Antonio Adams: Art Thing & the Orgllycreeks & Common Surprise,” Country Club, 424 Findlay St., Cincinnati. Closed Sunday. (513) 792-9744.
FINAL WEEKEND: “We Still Use Film,” photographs by Jesse Reed, Ashley Duban, Olivia Hamilton, Floyd Johnson and Andra Lee, Base Cooperative, 1225 Main St., Cincinnati. Performance by dj Chris Burgan. Exhibit continues through March 22. (513) 721-2273.
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TweetSynchronicity Trio to perform in West Chester April 19
The Synchronicity Trio, 4 p.m., Sunday, April 19, Christ the King Lutheran Church, 7393 Dimmick Road, in West Chester. Free and open to the community. Reception to follow. (513) 777-4370.
The Synchronicity Trio features Bruce Posey on cello, Dick Reuning on violin, and Sharon Walton on piano. They will perform music of different styles and periods in a program titled “Double or Nothing,” which features classical Beethoven, a Mendelssohn trio movement and a jazzy piece by Schoenfield.
This concert is part of Christ the King Lutheran Church’s Ubi Caritas concert series. Ubi Caritas comes from a Latin phrase that translates, “Where charity and love are, God is there.”
Christ the King presents these periodic concerts to highlight area, regional and worldwide charities and help raise awareness of needs in our community, both locally and throughout the world. A free will offering to support these charities will be taken at the concert.
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TweetVideo for Colin Hay’s ‘You Lookin’ at Me?’
I’ve got an interview request in for Colin Hay to advance his April 24 appearance at the Fairfield Community Arts Center to benefit Sojournery Recovery, but until that comes through, here’s a new music video to hold you over …..
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TweetOpening Minds through Art group has exhibition at Oxford CAC
An exhibition of work by Opening Minds through Art artists, Memory Support residents at the Knolls of Oxford, and photographs by Maureen Coyle, opens with a reception 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, April 10 at The Oxford Community Art Center 10 S. College Ave, Oxford. (513) 524-8506.
The exhibition is on display until May 1.
This event is sponsored by The Scripps Gerontology Center and The Knolls of Oxford.
++++++++++ IMAGE: “Combing Effect” by Lois Buchholz
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TweetOlympic skating stars Sasha Cohen & Jeffrey Buttle headline ‘On the Edge’
Stars on Ice presents “On the Edge” with Olympic skating stars Sasha Cohen & Jeffrey Buttle, 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 24, U.S. Bank Arena, Cincinnati. Tickets start at $25. (513) 562-4949. Groups call: (513) 421-4111 x149.
++++++++++ America’s premier figure skating production, Smucker’s Stars on Ice, expands its boundaries as it returns for the 23rd season with an all-new production, “On the Edge.”
Olympic Silver Medalist Sasha Cohen returns for her second season with Olympic, World, and National Champions.
Founded and produced by Olympic Champion and beloved figure skating icon Scott Hamilton, the Emmy Award-winning Stars on Ice Tour gives fans a chance to get a preview of the upcoming 2010 Winter Games with 2008 World Champion and Olympic Bronze Medalist Jeffrey Buttle as a special guest.
Cohen and Buttle will be joined by a cast of Olympic, World and National Champions including:
World Champion and six-time U.S. Champion Todd Eldredge
Two-time World Bronze Medalist and three-time U.S. Champion Michael Weiss
1998 Olympic Gold Medalist Ilia Kulik of Russia
World Champion and two-time Japanese Ladies Champion Yuka Sato
World Bronze Medalist and three-time U.S. Pair Champion John Zimmerman
Six-time Canadian Ladies Champion Jennifer Robinson
Two-time Olympic Medalists and three-time World Pair Champions Xue Shen & Hongbo Zhao of China
Two-time World Silver Medalists and five-time Canadian Dance Champions Marie-France Dubreuil & Patrice Lauzon
“On the Edge” is performed to a broad spectrum of popular music, including a soundtrack which ranges from Beethoven to Big and Rich, Dave Koz and Celine Dion, and enhanced by intricate lighting, dynamic costumes, cutting-edge choreography and state-of-the-art technology, all brought together by three-time Emmy Award winner Jef Billings.
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Tweet‘No Boundaries’ for Contemporary Dance Theatre
Contemporary Dance Theatre Gesel Mason’s “No Boundaries: Dancing the Visions of Contemporary Black Choreographers,” 8:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, March 20-21, Jarson-Kaplan Theater, Aronoff Center for the Arts, 650 Walnut, Cincinnati. $22-$27 adults; $17 students/seniors. (513) 621-2787 or online.
SYNOPSIS: “No Boundaries: Dancing the Visions of Contemporary Black Choreographers” celebrates the rich depth and wide variety of styles present in the field of modern dance. As part of this exciting and ambitious project, Gesel Mason will perform selected works by several of the nation’s leading contemporary African American choreographers; her repertoire includes pieces by Bebe Miller, Donald McKayle, Reggie Wilson, Andrea Woods, David Roussève, and Jawole Willa Jo Zollar. Mason has also created pieces for the project, which encompasses almost seventy years of choreographic imagination and expertise. Mason’s performance brings these artists together to show the diversity of work by, for and about African Americans; her expression of their visions pushes Black Dance in America beyond stereotypes and color boundaries.
Mason crafted “No Boundaries” in part to challenge conventional notions of Black Dance as based in the Alvin Ailey tradition or Horton technique, as African dance, or as Negro Spirituals. By exposing audiences to the work of regionally and nationally significant artists, “No Boundaries” showcases the work of several choreographers in one evening. Mason weaves video interviews between solos, providing historical referents through individual artists’ descriptions of the creative process, cultural influences, and perspectives on Black Dance. Mason’s combination of documentary footage and live performance highlights these important artists and makes their visionary work perhaps even more accessible to audiences than in traditional presentations.
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TweetCSO performs in French
Emmanuel Pahud, principal flutist for the Berlin Philharmonic, will perform with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, 11 a.m. Friday, March 20 8 p.m. Saturday, March 21, Music Hall, 1241 Elm St., Cincinnati. Tickets start at $12. (513) 381-3300.
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Music Director Paavo Järvi, who will also become the seventh Music Director of the Orchestre de Paris in 2010, conducts an all-French program that includes works by Fauré, Poulenc, Debussy and a U.S. premiere of Marc-André Delbavie’s Flute Concerto.
“Marc-Andre Delbavie is one of the best known representatives of the new generation of French composers,” said CSO Music Director Paavo Jarvi. “The combination of having a very, very well known soloist like Emmanuel Pahud with a new piece is always very powerful… The work is being interpreted by someone who has ownership and who has recorded it.”
The concert also features the CSO subscription premieres of Gabriel Faure’s Dolly and Francis Poulenc’s Flute Sonata, and closes with Claude Debussy’s immensely popular masterpiece, La Mer.
Emmanuel Pahud, flutist
Named “Instrumentalist of the Year 1997” at the prestigious Victoires de la Musique award ceremony in Paris, the Swiss-French flutist Emmanuel Pahud is one of today’s most exciting and adventurous musicians. He was born in Geneva in January 1970 and started to study music at the age of six. He graduated in 1990 with the Premier Prix from the Conservatoire National Supeacuterieur de Musique de Paris, after which he continued his studies with Aurele Nicolet.
He has won first prize in many major International Music Competitions like Kobe in 1989 and Duino in 1988, then won eight out of the twelve special prizes at the Concours de Genéve in 1992. He took the Soloists Prize in the World-wide French-speaking Community Radio Awards, and the European Council’s Juventus Prize. He is also a laureate of the Yehudi Menuhin Foundation and of the International Tribune for Musicians of UNESCO.
At the age of 22, Emmanuel Pahud was appointed Principal Flute of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Claudio Abbado, a post to which he returned in 2002 after an 18-month sabbatical when he taught the Virtuosity Class at the Geneva Conservatoire and he has recently been voted onto the Media Vorstand of the BPO.
Emmanuel appears regularly at leading festivals throughout Europe, the USA and the Far East. He has appeared as soloist with many of the world’s leading orchestras including the Berlin Philharmonic, London Philharmonic, Zurich Tonhalle, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Mariinski, Minnesota Symphony, Camerata Salzburg, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie, Washington National Symphony, NHK Symphony, and Scottish Chamber orchestras. He’s collaborated with conductors such as Abbado, Rattle, Zinman, Maazel, Gergiev, Gardiner, Harding, Järvi, Rostropovich and Perlman.
He is a dedicated chamber musician and regularly gives recital tours with pianists such as Eric Le Sage, and Yefim Bronfmam, as well as jazzing with Jacky Terrasson. He will perform recitals with guitarist Christian Rivet and will tour with Trevor Pinnock across the United States, Japan and South East Asia and Europe playing Bach complete flute sonatas which they have recorded together for EMI and will be released later this year.
In 1996 he signed an exclusive contract with EMI Classics, a collaboration which is set to be one of the most significant contributions to recorded flute music. The releases have received unanimous critical acclaim (“I haven’t heard a flautist on disc that I like as much as Pahud” - American Record Guide; “surpassing any previous recordings of the Mozart quartets”- BBC Music Magazine ; “this signals the arrival of a new master flautist” - The Guardian ; “don’t miss any of Pahud’s recordings!” Diapason ), and have been showered with awards including several TV-Victoires de la Musique, Diapason d’Or, Radio France’s “Recording of the Year”, Fono-Forum and TV-Echo awards in Germany, “Record Geijutsu” and “Ongaku no Tomo” award from the Japanese record industry.
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TweetMariemont Players present “Stalag 17”
- “Stalag 17,” By Donald Bevan and Edmund Trzcinski, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 7 p.m. Sunday, Mariemont Players Walton Creek Theater, 4101 Walton Creek Road, Cincinnati. $17. (513) 684-1236.
SYNOPSIS: There is a rat in the WWII German prisoner-of-war camp Stalag 17, but not the furry kind. It is Christmas 1944 and two American soldiers lie dead in the mud after a failed escape. Their captors were waiting for them. The prisoners believe they have a mole among them and he’s been selling-out his fellow G.I.’s. One of their fellow captives faces possible execution. His only way out? Escape. But to do it successfully they must first catch the rat.
CAST: Patrick Downey, Mark Fast, Gary Glass, Ben Gullett, Scott Halkyard, Nathan Henegar, Pat Hopkins, Michael Humler, Art Kibby, Joshua Marcus, Michael Monks, Greg Schlairet, Kyle Smith, Jim Waldfogle, Peter Weiglin, Dave Wetzel and Jack Williams. Directed by Garry Davidson, produced by Garry Davidson and Christine Dye.
BONUS>Following every performance of Stalag 17 (at no additional charge) a video presentation titled “Tribute to a Kriegie” will be shown, honoring hometown WWII hero Gene Meese. Meese was not only a prisoner in the real Stalag17b, but attended grammar school at Plainville School #7, now called Walton Creek Theatre, home of Mariemont Players. “Tribute to a Kriegie” will be followed by a question and answer session with Meese and additional Stalag 17b ex-pows. Meese is scheduled to appear for all of the tribute sessions. Don’t miss your chance to meet this American hero, hear his fascinating story and participate in a long overdue “welcome home.”
PHOTO: (Left to Right) - Joshua Marcus, Scott Halkyard, Michael Monks, Michael Humler, Nathan Henegar, Pat Hopkins, Patrick Downey and David Wetzel.
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TweetMusic Cafe to celebrate 10 years of providing a ‘supportive and nurturing’ environment for musicians
The Music Cafe, 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 24, Fitton Center for Creative Arts, 101 S. Monument Ave., Hamilton. Free. (513) 967-8873.
++++++++++ One Tuesday night a little more than 10 years ago, Reed Hughes and David Sams, a couple of Hamilton musicians, drove to the Canal Street Tavern for an open mic night.
“We had been traveling all over looking for open mic nights and coffee houses to see the performers and enjoy that kind of entertainment,” Hughes said. “And driving back from Canal Street, we started talking about how there was a lot of talent in Hamilton, but no place for them to go like this.”
“There were a lot of kids coming to the open mic night in Dayton,” Sams said. “That was a real shame that they had to sit there in the smoke and alcohol, staying up past midnight on a school night to wait their turn to play a set.”
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So Hughes and Sams started looking around for a Hamilton venue and somewhat hesitantly went to the Fitton Center for Creative Arts with a budget (basically, a small donation from the late Dr. Edward Kezur) and a plan that included the mission for the Music Cafe: to provide “a performance opportunity for musicians of all ages and abilities to hear and present live performances in a friendly and supportive environment.”
With Hughes as the emcee and Sams operating his own sound system, singer/songwriter Tom Fox was the first Music Cafe performer in March, 1998. Since then, there have been some 118 shows, mostly at the Fitton Center for Creative Arts with a few forays into Fairfield Village Green during some summers, approximately 590 sets and over 500 performers taking to the Music Cafe stage, as well as about 48,000 cookies and 2,000 cups of coffee.
The momentum got a push a couple of years later when Lebanon Community National Bank opened a branch in Hamilton and nosed around for some community service sponsorships.
“We went to the Fitton Center and were very impressed with all the programs they offer,” CEO Steve Wilson said. “We really liked the Music Cafe and they needed a sponsor.”
So with a continuing donation from LCNB, the Music Cafe was able to upgrade its sound equipment and continue to grow in popularity, drawing not only local musicians, but national acts with a Tuesday night open as they travel from, say, Detroit to Lexington.
But the Music Cafe has remained welcoming to musicians of all levels . Even veteran musicians have been taken aback some, being accustomed to playing in bars and other places where people continue their conversations while the band plays. But from the very beginning, the Music Cafe drew “a listening audience.”
“I remember one young man who stood backstage and when Reed announced his name, he just stood there,” said committee chairman Mark Finfrock. “We literally had to push him on stage. His first number was a little rocky, but when he was done, he enjoyed a standing ovation.”
“Everyone wins at the Music Cafe,” Finfrock said. “The musicians appreciate what we do and the audiences appreciate what they do.
“We really didn’t expect it to last a year,” he said. “We just thought we’d do it for a while until it wasn’t fun anymore. But it kept being fun.”
For the 10th anniversary, the Music Cafe will feature appetizers, coffee and cookies, and some of the venue’s favorite performers of the last 10 years:
Folk singer Mark Cormican, known for his spot-on appreciation of John Denver.
Fingerstyle guitarist Eric Loy, known for his lightning-fast fingers and unusual instruments.
Raison d’Etre, a female folk trio known for their flawless harmonies.
Singer/songwriter Jake Speed, pictured above known for his light-hearted songs about Cincinnati.
Rooster Forbes, the Piedmont blues duo actually making its first Music Cafe appearance, consists of Music Cafe founder Dave Sams and his cousin Gene Toennisson.
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TweetPianist/psychiatrist Dr. Richard Kogan to perform at Carnegie
++++++++++ “Music and the Mind: George Gershwin,” presented by renowned pianist/psychiatrist Richard Kogan, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 21, Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center, 1028 Scott St., Covington, Ky. $50 adults, $40 students. (859) 957-1940.
++++++++++ George Gershwin is said to have been a difficult student with behavior problems — stealing, fighting, skipping school — as a child, but when he started his musical studies at the age of 13, those issues suddenly vanished. He was still a teenager when he composed “Swanee,” which became an international hit made popular by Al Jolson.
In 1935 at the age of 36 and at the peak of his career, Gershwin became severely depressed. He started going to a psychologist, who apparently overlooked some of the symptoms of Gershwin’s growing brain tumor. During this time, he wrote “Porgy and Bess,” which includes songs of deep sadness like “Summertime” and “My Man’s Gone Now.”
Pianist Richard Kogan, who is also a distinguished psychiatrist, trained at Julliard for the former and Harvard for the latter, will talk more about the relationship between Gershwin work and music in a concert Sunday at the Carnegie in Covington.
Kogan will perform the works of Gershwin while presenting observations about the relationship between the composer’s mind, his creative motivations and his music as part of the Carnegie in Concert chamber music series, presented by The Carnegie and Cincinnati Psychoanalytic Institute.
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Tweet‘Mauritiu$’ about power, control and money — and stamps
REVIEW
“Mauritiu$,” currently on the boards at the Ensemble of Cincinnati, is a fascinating study of human nature and what can happen when a coveted treasure makes an unexpected appearance.
At the center of the drama is a pair of stamps, two of the rarest in the world, the “crown jewels” of philately (stamp collecting), the 1847 one- and two-penny issues from the tiny island nation of Mauritius (the program includes an interesting essay on the history of stamps, stamp collecting and the Mauritius issues).
Jackie had been caring for her sick mother for a very long time, and after her death takes a stamp collection to be appraised without knowing anything about the hobby or what the collection contains, only that it has been in the family for a long time. Saddled with bills, she’s hoping to get some money for the collection.
Philip, the stamp expert (Buz Davis) won’t even look at the book — although it’s hard to understand why a man who makes a living trading stamps wouldn’t look at everything that comes his way. Fortunately, there’s a customer in the shop, Dennis (Michael G. Bath), who offers to take a look but stops cold when he comes to a certain page, tells Jackie to go home (while he makes plans to relieve her of her burden as the agent of the mysterious Sterling — played by Dennis Parlato — a stamp collector with a dubious fortune).
At home, however, Jackie’s her estranged half-sister has come to help clear the estate and take control of the stamp collection, which she claims is hers for sentimental reasons.
The stamp claims power over all of these lives as the dealing, double-dealing and back-stabbing begins.
As befits the name of the company, “Mauritiu$” is truly an ensemble work with a cast of flawed characters all working for their own self-interest. Greed rules, though we do have some sympathy for Jackie as the underdog in all of this, the clueless woman-child who suddenly finds herself sort-of in possession of a great fortune.
++++++++++ “Mauritius” by Theresa Rebeck, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, March 18-April 5, Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati, 1127 Vine St., Cincinnati. $29-$38. (513) 421-3555. MORE: Rare stamps center of intrigue in Ensemble Theatre’s ‘Mauritius’.
++++++++++ ++++++++++ Photos by Sandy Underwood. Cast includes Sara Mackie as Jackie; Buz Davis as Philip; Michael G. Bath as Dennis; Dennis Parlato as Sterling and Annie Fitzpatrick as Mary.
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Tweet‘Bent’ an odd, but powerful drama
REVIEW
This is what I’m talking about…
“Bent” — the current production of New Stage Collective is neither a perfect play nor a perfect production, but it is funny, poignant, thought-provoking and educational.
The story is about Max (Kellen York), a young homosexual living in Berlin in the 1930s. The play opens on a “morning after,” with Max horribly hung-over and the night before nothing but a blank. But he and his dancer boyfriend Rudy (a funny and endearing Matthew Alan Triollet) have brought home another young man, Wolf (Trevor Day), to play with and think that he might be the answer to their rent problems. But when the knocking on the door starts, it’s not the landlord, but the Nazis, who take Wolf into custody while Max and Rudy make a quick escape.
Max tries to get papers and transportation out of the country from his Uncle Freddie (Hamilton actor Chris Kramer), but passes when the uncle only offers transport for one. So Max and Rudy set up camp in the woods, where they are caught and sent to Dachau.
Max, ever the wheeler-dealer, manages to talk his captors into giving him a yellow star on his gray-striped uniform to indicate that he is a Jew rather than the pink triangle that would tag him as homosexual, the lowest in the concentration camp hierarchy. Max also lands one of the better — albeit pointless — jobs in the camp, carrying rocks from one pile to another, and is able to get medicine for his new friend Horst, who has a pink triangle.The first act is fast-paced, funny and eventually violent as we follow Max and Rudy on their journey, while the second act is slow (too slow at times), static and thoughtful as Max and Ernst carry rocks, avoid attention from the guards and draw closer even while they can’t touch each other.
“Bent” isn’t the kind of play that you leave feeling great about the world, but the ending is just hopeful enough to allow us some optimism about the strength of the human spirit.
++++++++++ “Bent” by Martin Sherman, 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday, through April 5, New Stage Collective, 1140 Main St., Cincinnati. $20 general; $16 senior; $12 students. (513) 621-3700. Content Warning: for Mature Audiences - ages 17 and up. MORE: New Stage Collective presents ‘Bent’.
++++++++++ Photos by Mikkie Schaffner. Chris Kramer, top; Kellen York, middle; Zlatomir Moldovanski and Kellen York, bottom.
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Tweet‘The Foreigner’: Funny but pointless
REVIEW
I suppose it’s only fair from the theater company that tries to be all things to all people, that after giving us a powerful, provocative drama like “Blackbird,” the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park would follow up with the pointless, silly comedy “The Foreigner.”
The best thing about this show is Paul Shortt’s beautiful set, the lobby of a fishing lodge in rural Georgia, where British S/Sgt. Froggy LeSeur has brought a friend of his to enjoy a little rest and relaxation (I’m not really clear why there are British military in rural Georgia, but I may have missed something).
Charlie Baker, Froggy’s friend, is a proofreader for a science fiction magazine and pathologically shy. He’s very upset because his philandering wife is sick in the hospital and apparently sick of him. He doesn’t want to talk to anyone, so Froggy comes up with a plan to tell the folks at the lodge that Charlie is from an unknown foreign nation on a secret assignment and can’t speak or understand a word of English.
Hilarity ensues, but so much of it is pointless and situational, drawing upon the situation but irrelevant to the plot, that it’s more distraction than joy. The characters are broadly drawn and broadly acted (although I did find myself charmed by Raymond McAnally’s take on the lovable idiot Ellard), marred by stereotype and verging on being offensive (unless you think it’s OK to stereotype Southern white males).
I’ve always been troubled by the appearance of the KKK in the final act, simply because there’s nothing funny about that organization’s agenda and methods, but I have to admit there’s a nice comic touch when the hooded visitors try to walk around in the dark peeping through the small eye cut-outs.
Having had my say about how much I don’t like this play, I have to add that on opening night, there was an immediate standing ovation, an accolade that is far too frequently doled out these days, but plays like this tend to be crowd-pleasers if not critic-pleasers. So if you think this kind of comedy is a hoot, go and have fun.
++++++++++ “The Foreigner” by Larry Shue, Marx Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday, 4 and 8 p.m. Saturday, 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday, through April 10. $27-$55. (513) 421-3888. MORE: Cincinnati Playhouse opens ‘The Foreigner’ March 12.
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The cast for “The Foreigner” includes Ted Deasy as David, Tony DeBruno as Froggy, Nell Geisslinger as Katherine, Darrie Lawrence as Betty Meeks, Raymond McAnally as Ellard Simms, Remi Sandri as Owen Musser and John Scherer as Charlie Baker.
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TweetKnow Theatre’s ‘Eurydice’ updates Greek myth
REVIEW
In Greek mythology, Orpheus was a musician who so desperately missed his dead wife that he wrote songs so melancholy as to make the gods of the underworld weep and give him a second chance at love (which he promptly blows).
Sarah Ruhl’s “Eurydice” cast a new light on the Greek myth by telling the story from the point of view of the wife, and in the Know Theatre Company’s production, Courtney Brown takes on the title role with a sweet sorrow that provides an emotional anchor in the story of loss and loneliness.
Ruhl added a character to the story, that of Eurydice’s father (Robert Pavlovich), who preceded her in death and managed to subvert a dunking in the waters of forgetfulness so that he pines to be reunited with his daughter. When he learns that she is joining him, he builds her a room of string even though there are no personal spaces in Hades.
It is both the poetic qualities of the script and the strength of the acting as it concerns this relationship that drives this “Eurydice.” Using stones (actresses Jenny Guy, Ayla Ocasio and Liz Vosmeier) is a nice touch nicely played, but the rest of the cast seem to play in a different key, putting too much of a light touch on a script devoted to sorrowful themes, but also adding some comic touches that help create a balance.
Kudos go to the design team at Know, especially the watery set by Sean Savoie and the evocative sound work of Doug Borntrager that underscores the action.
++++++++++ “Eurydice” by Sarah Ruhl, 8 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, through March 28, Know Theatre of Cincinnati, 1120 Jackson, Cincinnati. (513) 300-5669. MORE: Video trailer for Know Theatre’s ‘Eurydice’.
++++++++++ Photos by Deogracias Lerma. Top: Robert Pavlovic as Father, Courtney Brown as Eurydice; middle: Fang Du as Orpheus, Brown as Eurydice; bottom: Brown with Daniel S. Hines as Nasty, Interesting Man.
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Tweet‘Miami Printmakers’ show their stuff at Fairfield Community Arts Center
“Miami Printmakers,” opening reception, 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, March 20; exhibition remains on view through April 18, Fairfield Community Arts Center, 411 Wessel Dr., Fairfield. (513) 867-5348.
Any excuse will do for Roscoe Wilson to put on an art show.
An assistant professor of art on the Hamilton Campus of Miami University, Wilson said that he noticed recently how many of his fellow faculty members included printmaking in their repertoire of media.
“So I decided to have a showcase of their work and started casting about for a place to have it,” he said, and ended up at the Fairfield Community Arts Center where “Miami Printmakers” opens with a reception 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, March 20, and continuing through April 18.
“I’d been wanting to organize some sort of portfolio exchange for quite a while now,” he said.
Printmaking is a popular way to create art, Wilson said, because it allows for multiple editions of a single work.
“They’re supposed to be as close as they can, but there’s always some variation,” he said.
“With a lithograph, for instance, if you ink it up correctly every time, you can potentially make an unlimited number of editions,” he said. “With etchings and some others, the image will begin to degrade after a time.”
Other than all of the artists using some kind of printmaking method, Wilson said there is no theme to the exhibition, but he’s already begun to think about putting together a themed edition of a printmaking exhibition.
In addition to Wilson, exhibiting artists come from all three Miami University campuses, including Andrew Au, Middletown campus; Jennifer Purdum, Hamilton; Tracy Featherstone, Oxford; Ellen Price, Oxford; Ed Montgomery, Hamilton; and Larry Collins, Oxford. Graduate students in the show include Felix Villareal, Meredith Adamisin and Alan Pocaro.
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TweetScenes from Music Cafe’s past
Next week, Tuesday March 24, the Music Cafe celebrates its 10th anniversary of providing a “safe haven” for area musicians and music lovers at the Fitton Center for Creative Arts.
In anticipation, here are a few of the favorite performers from the last couple of years.
More to come……
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TweetAfro-Cuban All-Stars makes two stops in SW Ohio
Juan de Marcos & Afro-Cuban All Stars:
7 p.m. Sunday, March 22, Procter & Gamble Hall, Aronoff Center for the Arts, 650 Walnut, Cincinnati. $25-$32. (513) 621-2787.
7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 24, Hall Auditorium, Miami University, Oxford. $26 adults, $25 senior citizens, $13 students/youth. (513) 529-3200.
In spite of its political isolation from the United States and geographical isolation from the rest of the world, Cuba has long been a hot-bed of diversity in terms of the music played there.
“We play 15 or 20 different styles of Cuban music,” said Juan de Marcos, leader of the Afro-Cuban All-Stars. “I think Cuba is on of the most important centers of pop music in the world. There are over 250 different styles of music being played in a country of about 12 million.
“Some are more influenced by the African culture, some by the French people who came there after the Haitian revolution, and the Spanish influence is very popular in the mountain areas. The countryside music also has its certain style, closer to European traditional and classical music.”
When de Marcos brings his Afro-Cuban All-Stars to the Aronoff Center this weekend and the Miami University Performing Arts Series next week, it will be part of his first tour of the United States in six years. Because of the continued strained relations between the U.S. and Cuba, he was forced to seek out musicians with foreign passports from different parts of Europe.
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In putting together the band, de Marcos has aimed to find not only stellar musicians with the right passports, but also just plain good people with the right energy.
“The energy that moves around the band is very important because you physically transmit to the audience,” de Marcos explains, drawing on his doctorate in engineering to explain the special dynamics of Cuban performance. “This isn’t some mystical force; it’s all about the electromagnetic waves that the brain transmits and receives through the pineal gland. When you have really good positive energy, the audience gets it.”
The band’s repertoire includes a mix of standard tunes with new arrangements and songs de Marcos composed specifically for this band and this tour.
“We play Afro-Cuban jazz with a lot of improvisation,” he said. “It’s the kind of music that might be played in dance halls, even though we are mostly going to places where you hear concert music.
“It’s always a little awkward at first, people afraid to get up out of their seats, but people can’t sit through the really hot songs and by the time the concert is over people are dancing in the aisles.”
Afro-Cuban All Stars Line-Up for 2009 U.S. Tour
As its name implies, the Juan de Marcos & Afro-Cuban All Stars is more of a project than a band.
Like an expert chef, Juan de Marcos changes ingredients with the seasons and the dinner guests.
“This band will sound and even behave exactly like one coming straight from Havana,” de Marcos said. “Cubans never change, and if you’ve been in Miami, you’d know what I mean; dominos, mojitos, pork, chicharrónes, and all!”
The plat du jour for the 2009 tour includes the following band members culled from the cream of the Cuban diaspora around the globe:
Ignacio “Nachito” Herrera (Minnesota) - pianist and ex-musical director of Tropicana Orchestra and Cubanismo
Calixto Oviedo (Stockholm) - drummer, performed with Adalberto Alvarez, NG La Banda, Pacho Alonso, etc.
Yaure Muniz (Madrid), Igort Rivas (Curacao) and Miguel Valdes (Vancouver) - trumpeters, members of the Buena Vista Social Club, but also lead trumpet players with Paulo FG, Klimax, Tropicana Orchestra, etc.
Alberto “Molote” Martinez (Amsterdam) - trombonist, member of the original line up of Buena Vista Social Club, but also a featured member of Elio Reve’s Orchestra, Cuban Symphonic Orchestra, etc.
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TweetAfter building a national career, Demetrius Klein makes his hometown debut
“Accepting Perfect” by the Demetrius Klein Dance Company, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, March 20 and 21, Fitton Center for Creative Arts, 101 S. Monument Ave., Hamilton. $8 members, $10 non-members. (513) 863-8873; www.fittoncenter.org
It was Gene Kelly’s “American in Paris” that made Demetrius Klein want to dance.
“I went and asked my mom how I could do that before I really even knew what ‘that’ was,” he said.
And now after building a critically-acclaimed dance company in South Florida, the Hamilton native, Fairfield High School graduate has returned to the old homestead with the hope of making dance here, beginning this weekend with the world premiere of “Accepting Perfect,” 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the Fitton Center for Creative Arts.
His first real exposure to performing arts came at Fairfield High School under the tutelage of Jim and Pat Davis.
“They were just wonderful, but didn’t really know what to do with me, I think, because I wanted to be a dancer,” he said. “The first time I danced on stage was in my freshman year, and those experiences were so important to my development. They were magical and wonderful.”
“He was a wrestler who took to dancing in our musicals,” said Jim Davis, who has enlisted Klein to provide choreography for the Fairfield Summer Theatre produciton of “Seussical the Musical”. “Like so many theatre students from Fairfield, he went on to bigger and better things. Fairfield has a proud tradition of theatre and music students following their dreams by pursuing careers in the entertainment industry. They make us bust our buttons with pride over their accomplishments.’
Klein’s quest took him from Fairfield High School to a dance studio above the Ohio Lunch on Hamilton’s Main Street to the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music to Wright State University and the Ohio State University before beginning his professional career with the Dayton Contemporary Dance Theatre.
“I remember that audition very well,” he said. “I was told they only had one opening and because of the repertoire she had planned she was looking for an African-American man over six feet tall, and I’m neither of those.” After that, he took a job in upstate New York and had to come to a decision whether to migrate to the obvious place, New York City, or try to make a career somewhere else.
“I never bought into the idea that you had to live in New York to have a career,” he said, “but I was also not naive enough to think that I could have a career without performing in New York.”
So while he has done most of his work in South Florida, where he went on a vacation and never came back, he has presented his work nearly every year in New York since 1988.
But he’s never shown his work in his hometown, until now.
He moved back to Hamilton a few months ago to be with his mother, having spent nearly his entire adult life away from his family, but intends to continue his dance company long-distance.
“My dancers have been very supportive of that,” he said. “The difference is that we’ll be together in two- or three-week shots instead of all the time.”
Klein said that he hasn’t danced much himself in recent years, but would like to do more solo work to fill in the gaps.
“When I was here before, it was such rural country that it was dumb luck to find anything artistic,” he said. “I don’t feel that way now. The model is going to be very different than it would have been then, but all of that is changing anyway.”
This weekend’s program at the Fitton Center, he said, “is all about relationships, about the difference between the idea of a relationship and the reality of a relationship, about how what may be the best thing is what’s right in front of you instead of pursuing perfection.”
It features the use of contemporary music, text and spoken word woven into a haunting search for perfect love.
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TweetPuzzle Me Poetic program at the Fairfield Lane Library
Children ages 8 to 12 are invited to Puzzle Me Poetic, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, April 4 at the Fairfield Lane Library, 1485 Corydale Dr.
Celebrate April as National Poetry Month and have fun creating impromptu Haiku and Mad-Lib poems, and solving other poetry puzzles.
Non-writers have no fear, there will be fun games and puzzles for everyone.
Registration is required. Call (513) 858-3238, ext. 360 to do that.
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TweetCeltic Arts Festival at Fairfield Community Arts Center
In conjunction with the One Stage Series presentation of Irish singer, Tommy Sands, the Fairfield Community Arts Center presents an afternoon of Celtic music and activities from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 21.
Music and dance demonstrations and performances will provided by Cincinnati Highland Dancers, Riley School of Music, The Highland Pipes and Drums of Miami University, Harper’s Robin, Nancy Clark and Midnight Rose Trio (above).
Artist and children’s author, Cynthia Matyi, will conduct an art workshop for children ages 6-12 and be on-hand to sign her children’s book, “Little Town of Spirals.”
The day includes free activities for families and children include matching games, pottery, face-painting and storytelling.
All activities free to the public.
Call the Fairfield Community Arts Center at (513) 867-5348 or visit us online at for more information.
RELATED: Irish singer/peace activist Tommy Sands to perform in Fairfield.
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TweetCincy Playhouse tours “Theory of Mind” to Oxford CAC
The Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park’s Lafley Touring Company presents “Theory of Mind” by Ken LaZebnik, 3 p.m. Sunday, March 22, at the Oxford Community Arts Center, 10 S. College Ave., Oxford. $5; $3 youth 12 to 17 years old. Not recommended for children under 12. (513) 424-8506.
SYNOPSIS: Falling in love is never easy. And it’s made even more complicated for Bill, a 16-year-old with extraordinary abilities: he possesses an incredible memory, the ability to draw and a charm that is sweetly endearing. He’s also autistic. And in love. Ken LaZebnik’s Theory of Mind tells the story of Bill’s budding romance with Hilo and explores the struggles and challenges that come from watching a young man who wants desperately to be in love and to love someone, but lacks the social skills to achieve a successful and rewarding relationship. Ages 12 and up.
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“Theory of Mind” is the 10th recipient of the Macy’s New Play Prize, for which national playwrights are chosen by the Playhouse to create a new work specifically for younger Tristate audiences.
The show is produced by the Playhouse’s Lafley Touring Company and complements the not-for-profit theater’s educational mission and its commitment to nurturing new plays and new audiences.
LaZebnik has written for television shows including “Star Trek: Enterprise,” “Providence” and “Touched by an Angel.” His most recent screenplay, “Thomas Kinkade’s Christmas Cottage,” opened in November, 2008. Other screenplays include “Hot Air” and “A Prairie Home Companion.”
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TweetMason Arts Council to celebrate Earth Day with painting exhibition
The Mason Area Arts Council will celebrate Earth Day throughout the month of April with “Values of Green,” a painting exhibition at the Mason Municipal Center, 6000 Mason-Montgomery Rd., Mason.
“Values of Green” will feature 50 paintings all nature themed. The works of the Arts Council’s local painting group, the Mason Area Painters and the Arts Council’s artists members will be showcased.
The exhibition will open on Monday, April 6 though April 24. The exhibition is open during 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays.
From 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 8, there will be an opening reception at the Mason Municipal Center.
The exhibition will also be open on Saturday, April 25 in conjunction with the City of Mason’s Parks and Recreation’s Earth Day Celebration and walk, noon to 3 p.m., where a representative from the Mason Area Arts Council will be there to answer any questions regarding the exhibition.
The exhibition is free to the public. Many of the works will be for sale.
For more information contact masonarts@gmail.com.
++++++++++++ “Country Road” by Barbara Pask.
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TweetPyramid Hill Sculpture Park holds ‘Summer Series for Kids’
Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park, 1763 Hamilton-Cleves Rd., Hamilton, has announced programming for its “Summer Series for Kids”:
Clowns, June 17.
Cincinnati Zoo, July 25.
Circus Time, July 1.
Indian Trails and Artifacts, July 23.
Rock’n’Roll Madness, July 29.
July 30, Cool Critters.
Pirates, Aug. 5.
Admission is $1.50 per child, $3 adults. All program start at noon.
For information, call (513) 868-8336.
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TweetOxford Lions Club to hold benefit art auction/exhibition
The Oxford Lions Club will be holding a fine art exhibition and auction, March 28-29 in the Arbor Room of the Elms Hotel in Uptown Oxford.
A preview begins at 6:15 p.m. and auction at 7:15 p.m.
The auction will feature framed lithographs, engravings, etchings, watercolors silk screens, cartoon cels, and original oils and various mixed media pieces and will include works by: Kinkade, Disney, Patricia, Wyeth, Rockwell Chagall, Dali, Neiman and many others.
In addition to the auction there will be hourly door prizes and a silent auction all capped by a grand prize drawing for piece of artwork valued at $2,000, no purchase necessary, but the winner must be present to win.
Proceeds will benefit the Oxford Lions Club “Sight Saving” program and many other community projects.
For information, call (513) 839-1136.
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TweetMiddletown actress Christine Brunner to perform in production of “Charlotte’s Web’
The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati presents “Charlotte’s Web,” by Joseph Robinette, based on the story by E.B. White, with original music by Cincinnati singer/songwriter Katie Laur and puppets created by Joe Kovacs and Andy Gaukel, 7;30 p.m. Friday, March 27; 2 and 5 p.m. Saturday, March 28; 2 p.m. Sunday, March 29 and 2 p.m. Sunday April 4 at the Taft Theatre , 317 East Fifth St., Cincinnati. $7-$20. (513) 562-4949, or online at www.ticketmaster.com.
Christine Brunner, above, of Middletown plays Martha Arable.
Brunner last appeared with Children’s Theatre in “Annie Jr.” as Grace, has appeared with Human Race Theatre in “Romeo & Juliet” and A Christmas Carol, earned a Cincinnati Entertainment Award nomination for her portrayal of Honey in “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” for Ovation Theatre, and played the Narrator in “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” with Miami University Summer Stock.
Originally written in 1952, this Newberry Award-winning story of loyalty and friendship has had a huge impact on millions of readers spanning three generations. Though small in stature, Charlotte the spider’s big heart leads her friend Wilbur the pig to understand and accept his place in the world. A little girl named Fern loves Wilbur, too, and along with a less-lovable rat known as Templeton, and a barnyard full of lively farm animals a story is woven which is as full of strength and as delicately magical as a web itself.
Kelly Germain is the director.
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TweetChildren’s Theatre of Mason presents ‘Peter Pan’
The Children’s Theatre Of Mason presents “Peter Pan” by J.M. Barrie, 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, April 4-5 and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, April 4-6, Mason High School Auditorium, 6100 Mason-Montgomery Road, Mason. $8 advance; $10 adults, $8 students/seniors at the door. (513) 398-0116.
The cast includes Charity Farrell as Peter Pan, Emma Rogge as Wendy, Will Ellis as John, Taylor Fox as Michael, Olivia Loeffler as Tinkerbell, Tony Patty and Skyler McNeely as Hook, Zack Middleton as Smee, Shelby Hilderbrand as Tiger Lily, Allie Cousineau as Mrs. Darling, Anthony Patti and Skyler McNeely as Mr. Darling, Marissa Edwards as Liza, Scheile Preston as Jan, Nicole Giraud as Grown-Up Wendy Dominique, Hinson as Nana, Grace Eichler as Starkey, Erica English as Kangaroo, Allyson Kouche as Lion and Elia Knott as Ostrich.
The Lost Boys are played by Abbey Marshall, Adam Dock, Alison Rogge, Amanda Wesley, Anna Verderber, Austin Woodruff, Caroline Mott, Dean Parker, Evann Tressler, Henry Huber, Katerina Baumgartner, Kevin Lewis, Lana Saqer, Lauren Elliott, Matthew Miller, Michelle Guiot, Noah Kinsinger, Sarah Nickell, Sheila Raghavendran, Skylar Kosegi, Spencer Berta, Spencer Sharp and Taylor Burton.
The Pirates are Alexandra Goss, Allie Cousineau, Anna Honerlaw, Cameron Zambello, Cole Soldo, Dominique Hineson, Dominique LaGory, Grace Eichler, Matthew Carroll, Nicole Giraud, Regan Hagemeier, Ryan Brennan, Stuart Sones, T. Ryan Sennett and Taylor Reece.
The Indians are Arden Jacobs, Cara Severson, Courtney DeJoy, Kacey Kopack, Katie Cooper, Katie Hibner, Kaylee Harter, Lilith Saylor, Marissa Edwards, Megan Moyer, Rachel Honerlaw, Scheile Preston, Stevi Branch and Victoria Hineson.
The Mermaids are Cara Severson, Megan Moyer and Alexandra Goss.
Peter Pan will be directed by Jennifer Goforth with musical direction from Dirk Doebereiner.
CTM’s corporate sponsors, Mels Auto Glass and Whole Foods, provide financial support to help make CTM’s shows, classes and programs possible.
Children’s Theatre of Mason gives hundreds of local children opportunities to grow in their theatrical abilities every year through entertaining, family-friendly productions. Children from ages 5-18, come from greater Cincinnati neighborhoods to participate in CTM’s musicals, workshops and classes.
+++++++++++++++ PHOTO CAPTION: Charity Farrell (Peter Pan), 18, is a home-schooled, high school senior. She is thrilled to return one last time to perform for CTM. Previous credits with this theatre company include Annie Jr. (Annie), Oliver! (Nancy), and Beauty and the Beast (Belle). This production will mark Charity’s 40th show. Some of the Lost Boys are, left to right, Taylor Burton, Henry Huber, Kevin Lewis and Caroline Mott.
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TweetFootlighters audition for ‘Moon Over Buffalo’
The Fairfield Footlighters will tryouts for their final production of the season, “Moon Over Buffalo” by Ken Ludwig, 6:30 p.m. March 23-24 at the Fairfield Community Arts Center, 411 Wessel Dr., Fairfield.
The script calls for four men and four women, stage ages 20s through 40s, plus one elderly woman.
SYNOPSIS: An acting couple not exactly the Lunts are on tour in Buffalo in 1953 with a repertory consisting of “Cyrano de Bergerac” revised one-nostril version and Noel Coward’s “Private Lives.” This backstage farce brought Carol Burnett back to Broadway. Fate has given these thespians one more shot at starring roles in “The Scarlet Pimpernel” epic and director Frank Capra himself in route to Buffalo to catch their matinee performance. Will Charlotte Hay appear or run off with their agent? Will George Hay be sober enough to emote? Will Frank Capra see Cyrano, private Lives or a disturbing mixture of the two. Hysterical misunderstandings pile on madcap misadventures, all of which are magnified by Charlotte’s dear mother who manages the theatre.
Heidi Schiller directs.
Performance dates are May 22-31.
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TweetThings to do this week
kids/family
“Signs of Spring” Lollipop Program, 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m., Thursday, March 19, Chrisholm Historic Farmstead, 2070 Woodsdale Rd., Madison Township. Children ages 3 to 5 and their adult companions can explore the wonders of the natural world through stories, crafts, and activities. $1.50 craft fee. Pre-registration is required. Register on-line or by calling (513) 867-5835.
“Dinosaurs Unearthed,” non-members: $15 adults, $10 children; members: $10 adults, $7 children. “Dinosaurs Alive,” OmniMax Theatre, non-members: $7.50 adults, $6.50 seniors, $5.50 children; members: $5.50 adults; $4.50 children. Cincinnati Museum Center, 1301 Western Ave., Cincinnati. (513) 281-7000. MORE: Not your grandpa’s dinosaurs: These have feathers!”
“March Maze Madness,” EnterTRAINment Junction, 7379 Squire Ct., West Chester. $12.95 adults, $9.95 kids 3-12. (513) 898-8000. The Maze is like old-time amusement park funhouse with trick mirrors, spinning vortex tunnel and hurricane room.
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Salsa Social, Fairfield Community Arts Center, 8 p.m. Thursday, March 19, with a one-hour Salsa class, followed by open dancing, Salsa line dancing, Merengue dancing, Cha Cha Cha dancing, and Salsa Casino Rueda dancing. Before 9 p.m.: $10, $7 students. After 9 p.m.: $5/$3. RSPV to (513) 867-5348 and pay at the door.
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concerts/music
“DRUMLine Live!,” 8 p.m. Monday, March 16, Aronoff Center for the Arts, 650 Walnut, Cincinnati. $25-$40. (513) 621-2787. Half-price student rush tickets are available at the box office two hours before curtain, limit of two tickets per person with a valid student I.D. MORE: From half-time to big-time. PHOTOS: Image set from DRUMLine Live!
Celtic Aire, 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 18, Hamilton Lane Library, 300 N. Third St., Hamilton. (513) 894-6557.
theater/performing arts
Wednesday is opening night for “Mauritius” by Theresa Rebeck. Show times are 7:30 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, March 18-April 5, Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati, 1127 Vine St., Cincinnati. $29-$38. (513) 421-3555. MORE: Rare stamps center of intrigue in Ensemble Theatre’s ‘Mauritius’.
Thursday is preview night for “Doubt: A Parable” by John Patrick Shanley, Human Race Theatre Company production,8 p.m. at the Loft Theatre, 126 N. Main, Dayton. Box Office: (937) 228-3630.
Thursday is opening night for the Hamilton Rotary Club presentation of Rogers and Hammerstein’s “The Sound of Music.” Performance times are 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, March 19-22, Parrish Auditorium, Miami University Hamilton. $15. (513) 867-4869. MORE: Rotary annouces cast for ‘The Sound of Music’; Parrish Auditorium will come alive with ‘The Sound of Music’.
“The Foreigner” by Larry Shue, Marx Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday. $27-$55. (513) 421-3888. MORE: Cincinnati Playhouse opens ‘The Foreigner’ March 12.
“Bent” by Martin Sherman, 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday, New Stage Collective, 1140 Main St., Cincinnati. $20 general; $16 senior; $12 students. (513) 621-3700. Content Warning: for Mature Audiences - ages 17 and up. MORE: New Stage Collective presents ‘Bent’.
“Eurydice” by Sarah Ruhl, 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Know Theatre of Cincinnati, 1120 Jackson, Cincinnati. (513) 300-5669. MORE: Video trailer for Know Theatre’s ‘Eurydice’.
“Timon of Athens” by William Shakespeare, 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, 719 Race Street, Cincinnati. 7:30 p.m. $26 reserved, $22 seniors, $16 students. (513) 381-2273. MORE: ‘Timon of Athens’ gets rare performance at Cincinnati Shakespeare. REVIEW: ‘Timon’ more than a museum piece.
La Comedia Dinner Theatre presents “Camelot,” brunch arrival starts at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday; dinner arrival starts at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday through Friday. $51-$69. 765 W. Central Ave., Springboro. (800) 677-9505.
“Bringing Sexy Back,” Shadowbox Cabaret, Newport on the Levee. 7:30 Thursday, 7:30 and 10:30 p.m. Friday. $30 adults, $20 students/seniors. (859) 581-7625. A collection of original sketch comedy and live rock ‘n’ roll from house band BillWho? dedicated to love, relationships, and America’s favorite pastime (wink wink).
galleries/exhibitions
FINAL WEEK: “Identities” at the Fitton Center for Creative Arts, 101 S. Monument Ave., Hamilton. Featuring the work of David T. Collins, Cristin Millett, Kim Curinga and Amy Rich. (513) 863-8873. Closed Sunday. PREVIEW: Fitton Center exhibit explores personal identities.
FINAL WEEK: “Tomorrow’s Artists Today,” Middletown Arts Center, 130 N. Verity Parkway, Middletown. (513) 424-2417. MORE: Young artists featured in Middletown exhibition.
Reception 3 p.m. Thursday, March 19 for an exhibition of art works by Glenn M. Julian, the Commons Gallery at the Knolls of Oxford, 6727 Contreras Rd., Oxford. (513) 524-7990. MORE: Glenn Julian art exhibition at Knolls’ Gallery.
“Light + Rain + Time =” by Chrissy Collopy, through March, Oxford Community Arts Center, 10 S. College, Oxford. (513) 524-8506. MORE: Oxford CAC shows recent work of Chrissy Collopy
“Mythography: An Exploration of Narrative” and Selections from the Fourth International Drawing Annual exhibit-in-print, Manifest Gallery and Drawing Center, 2727 Woodburn Ave., Cincinnati. Exhibition continues through April. 3. (513) 861-3638. MORE: New exhibitions at Manifest Gallery.
“The Hope and Strength Through Art: Celebrating the Masters,” showcasing local works by adults and children living with a mental illness, Mason Municipal Center, 6000 Mason-Montgomery Rd.Mason art exhibition embraces mental health.
“Miami University Department of Art 2009 Bicentennial Exhibition,” M.U. Art Museum exhibits work by faculty, former students; “Dialogue with Nature: New Conceptions of Organic Architecture Miami University Department of Architecture and Interior Design Fallingwater Honors Studio,” “Paintings, Prints and Sculpture: Selections from the Permanent Collection,” Miami University Art Museum, 801 S. Patterson Ave., Oxford. (513) 523-2232.
“Brotherhood and Sisterhood: The Art and Artifacts of Greek Letter Societies at Miami University, 1833-2008,” McGuffey Museum, 410 E. Spring St., Oxford. Focuses on traditions and lore of Greek letter societies and includes badges and profiles of campus landmarks such as the Phi Delta Theta campus gates. (513) 529-8380.
“Isn’t It Great To Be An Artist? Insider/Outsider Art;” “Stewart Goldman: Presence through Absence;” “Dreamstates: Surrealist Art from the Israel Museum;” Cincinnati Art Museum, 953 Eden Park Dr., Cincinnati. (513) 639-2995. Closed Monday. DETAILS/IMAGES: Folk Art collection on view at Cincinnati Art Museum.
“Donald Sultan: The First Decade” and new work by Tara Donovan, Contemporary Arts Center, 44 E. 6th Street, Cincinnati. (513) 345-8400. Closed Tuesday. MORE INFO: New exhibits coming to Contemporary Arts Center.
“Fashion in Film,” featuring 36 costumes from period films, and “Small Paintings,” offering an intimate look at collecting at the turn of the 20th century, Taft Museum of Art, 316 Pike St., Cincinnati. $12 adults; $10 students/seniors; $4 children. (513) 241-0343.
“Luminous Paintings” by Tom Bacher, Weston Gallery in the Aronoff Center for the Arts, 650 Walnut, downtown Cincinnati. STORY: Tom Bacher exhibition at the Weston Gallery.
“Parallel Visions VII,” Studio San Giuseppe Art Gallery at the College of Mount St. Joseph, 5701 Delhi Road, Cincinnati. (513) 244-4314; www.msj.edu.
literary/cultural
- “An Evening with Garrison Keillor,” 7:30 p.m. Millett Hall, Miami University Performing Arts Series, Oxford. $40. (513) 529-3200. MORE: Garrison Keillor to speak in celebration of Miami’s bicentennial
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kids/family
Acting Up presents “Annie, Jr.”, 7 p.m. March 13 and 14, 2 p.m. March 14 and 15, Mason High School, 6100 S. Mason-Montgomery Rd. (513) 588-0988. MORE: Mason’s ‘Annie’ actress makes pitch for One Way Farm. PHOTOS: Acting Up’s ‘Annie’ opens Friday, includes complete cast list…..
“Signs of Spring” Lollipop Program, 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m., Friday, March 13, Voice of America Park, 7850 VOA Park Dr., West Chester Township. Children ages 3 to 5 and their adult companions can explore the wonders of the natural world through stories, crafts, and activities. $1.50 craft fee. Pre-registration is required. Register on-line or by calling (513) 867-5835.
“SOS - Signs of Spring” hike, 10 a.m. Saturday, March 14, Gilmore Ponds Interpretive Preserve, 7950 Gilmore Rd. Wetlands are an essential but disappearing ecosystem. Thousands of birds are congregating and beginning the migration north. Gilmore Ponds is a rest stop along this journey. Naturalist Eric Burgess will guide the group to explore this unique area.
“Dinosaurs Unearthed,” non-members: $15 adults, $10 children; members: $10 adults, $7 children. “Dinosaurs Alive,” OmniMax Theatre, non-members: $7.50 adults, $6.50 seniors, $5.50 children; members: $5.50 adults; $4.50 children. Open until 9 p.m. Friday. Cincinnati Museum Center, 1301 Western Ave., Cincinnati. (513) 281-7000. MORE: Not your grandpa’s dinosaurs: These have feathers!”
“March Maze Madness,” EnterTRAINment Junction, 7379 Squire Ct., West Chester. $12.95 adults, $9.95 kids 3-12. (513) 898-8000. The Maze is like old-time amusement park funhouse with trick mirrors, spinning vortex tunnel and hurricane room.
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- Big list of places to gather and things to do there in this weekend’sGOING OUT GUIDE.
concerts/music
The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra plays “European Gems,” 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, March 13-14, Music Hall, 1418 Elm St., Cincinnati. $12 and up. (513) 381-3300. MORE: CSO presents program of ‘European Gems’.
Celtic Aire, Oxford Lane Library, 2 p.m. Sunday, March 15. Free. (513) 894-6557.
theater/performing arts
FINAL WEEKEND: Lebanon Theatre Company presents “And the World Goes ‘Round,” 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, Top of the Shoe Theatre, corner of Cherry and South Streets, Lebanon. $15. (513) 228-0932. MORE: Lebanon group performs Kander & Ebb classics.
Cincinnati Choreographers’ Collective and Contemporary Dance Theatre presents “Small Streams-2,” 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, March 13 and 14, College Hill Town Hall, 1805 Larch Ave., Cincinnati. $18 general; $15 students/seniors. (513) 731-8847 or (513) 591-1222. MORE: Area choreographers band together for show
Exhale Dance Tribe presents “Collection Complete,” 8 p.m. March 14, Anderson Center, 7850 Five Mile Rd., Cincinnati. $20. (513) 479-5047. Exhale Dance Tribe presents ‘Collection Complete’.
“The Foreigner” by Larry Shue, Marx Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, 8 p.m. Friday, 4 and 8 p.m. Saturday, 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday. $27-$55. (513) 421-3888. MORE: Cincinnati Playhouse opens ‘The Foreigner’ March 12.
“Bent” by Martin Sherman, 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday, New Stage Collective, 1140 Main St., Cincinnati. $20 general; $16 senior; $12 students. (513) 621-3700. Content Warning: for Mature Audiences - ages 17 and up. MORE: New Stage Collective presents ‘Bent’.
“Eurydice” by Sarah Ruhl, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Know Theatre of Cincinnati, 1120 Jackson, Cincinnati. (513) 300-5669. MORE: Video trailer for Know Theatre’s ‘Eurydice’.
“Timon of Athens” by William Shakespeare, 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, 719 Race Street, Cincinnati. 7:30 p.m. $26 reserved, $22 seniors, $16 students. (513) 381-2273. MORE: ‘Timon of Athens’ gets rare performance at Cincinnati Shakespeare. REVIEW: ‘Timon’ more than a museum piece.
La Comedia Dinner Theatre presents “Camelot,” dinner arrival starts at 5:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, brunch arrival starts at 10:30 a.m. Sunday only. $51-$69. 765 W. Central Ave., Springboro. (800) 677-9505.
“Bringing Sexy Back,” Shadowbox Cabaret, Newport on the Levee. 7:30 and 10:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday through March 28. $30 adults, $20 students/seniors. (859) 581-7625. A collection of original sketch comedy and live rock ‘n’ roll from house band BillWho? dedicated to love, relationships, and America’s favorite pastime (wink wink).
galleries/exhibitions
“Light + Rain + Time =” by Chrissy Collopy, through March, Oxford Community Arts Center, 10 S. College, Oxford. (513) 524-8506. MORE: Oxford CAC shows recent work of Chrissy Collopy
Works by Glenn M. Julian, the Commons Gallery at the Knolls of Oxford, 6727 Contreras Rd., Oxford. (513) 524-7990. MORE: Glenn Julian art exhibition at Knolls’ Gallery.
“Awakening: Path to Spirituality,” paintings by Chuck Marshall, Gallery 42 Fine Art, 105 E. Main St., Mason. (513) 234-7874. Closed Sunday. MORE: Chuck Marshall exhibit at Gallery 42.
“Mythography: An Exploration of Narrative” and Selections from the Fourth International Drawing Annual exhibit-in-print, Manifest Gallery and Drawing Center, 2727 Woodburn Ave., Cincinnati. (513) 861-3638. MORE: New exhibitions at Manifest Gallery.
“Miami University Department of Art 2009 Bicentennial Exhibition,” M.U. Art Museum exhibits work by faculty, former students; “Dialogue with Nature: New Conceptions of Organic Architecture Miami University Department of Architecture and Interior Design Fallingwater Honors Studio,” “Paintings, Prints and Sculpture: Selections from the Permanent Collection,” Miami University Art Museum, 801 S. Patterson Ave., Oxford. (513) 523-2232.
“Tomorrow’s Artists Today,” Middletown Arts Center, 130 N. Verity Parkway, Middletown. Closed Sunday. (513) 424-2417. MORE: Young artists featured in Middletown exhibition.
“Brotherhood and Sisterhood: The Art and Artifacts of Greek Letter Societies at Miami University, 1833-2008,” McGuffey Museum, 410 E. Spring St., Oxford. Focuses on traditions and lore of Greek letter societies and includes badges and profiles of campus landmarks such as the Phi Delta Theta campus gates. (513) 529-8380.
“Identities” at the Fitton Center for Creative Arts, 101 S. Monument Ave., Hamilton. Featuring the work of David T. Collins, Cristin Millett, Kim Curinga and Amy Rich. Closed Sunday. PREVIEW: Fitton Center exhibit explores personal identities.
“Isn’t It Great To Be An Artist? Insider/Outsider Art;” “Stewart Goldman: Presence through Absence;” “Dreamstates: Surrealist Art from the Israel Museum;” Cincinnati Art Museum, 953 Eden Park Dr., Cincinnati. (513) 639-2995. DETAILS/IMAGES: Folk Art collection on view at Cincinnati Art Museum.
“Donald Sultan: The First Decade” and new work by Tara Donovan, Contemporary Arts Center, 44 E. 6th Street, Cincinnati. (513) 345-8400. MORE INFO: New exhibits coming to Contemporary Arts Center.
“Fashion in Film,” featuring 36 costumes from period films, and “Small Paintings,” offering an intimate look at collecting at the turn of the 20th century, Taft Museum of Art, 316 Pike St., Cincinnati. $12 adults; $10 students/seniors; $4 children. (513) 241-0343.
Saturday is the last day for “Luminous Paintings” by Tom Bacher, Weston Gallery in the Aronoff Center for the Arts, 650 Walnut, downtown Cincinnati. STORY: Tom Bacher exhibition at the Weston Gallery.
“Parallel Visions VII,” Studio San Giuseppe Art Gallery at the College of Mount St. Joseph, 5701 Delhi Road, Cincinnati. (513) 244-4314; www.msj.edu.
“Cheryl Dunn: Spit & Peanut Shells - American Pictures” and “Antonio Adams: Art Thing & the Orgllycreeks & Common Surprise,” Country Club, 424 Findlay St., Cincinnati. Closed Sunday. (513) 792-9744.
“We Still Use Film,” photographs by Jesse Reed, Ashley Duban, Olivia Hamilton, Floyd Johnson and Andra Lee, Base Cooperative, 1225 Main St., Cincinnati. Performance by dj Chris Burgan. Exhibit continues through March 22. (513) 721-2273.
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TweetNew Wussy album available in advance tonight
On the heels of their much lauded second full-length, Left for Dead, Wussy return with their new self-titled album.
Their third album will officially be released April 20, but you can hear the songs and pick up an advance copy when the band plays at the Northside Tavern, 4163 Hamilton Ave., 10 p.m. Friday, March 13. The Fervor opens.
Former Ass Ponys frontman Chuck Cleaver continues to step away from his past incarnation to create something wholly new, along with co-writer and vocalist Lisa Walker.
Production duties again fell on the shoulders of John Curley (Afghan Whigs).
The band formed spontaneously in 2001 when Walker joined Cleaver for a dreaded solo performance. This pairing soon turned into a somewhat unsteady but engaging full band with the addition of bassist/utility man Mark Messerly and drummer Dawn Burman.
Their first two full-length releases and an EP met with some critical success, crafting songwriting and sheets of noise into what was called an ‘articulated drone’.
The band will tour throughout the summer across the East Coast, Midwest and South, along with new member Joe Klug, who recently replaced Burman on drums.
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Photo by Kevin Curtis
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TweetMiddletown Community Foundation offers grants for art projects
Arts organizations in the greater Middletown area are encouraged to apply for grants from two funds of the Middletown Community Foundation:
The David A. and Carole R. Schul Fund for the Arts will award one grant of $1,000 to a local charity for a project in the field of performing arts (such as dance, music or drama) or fine arts (such as painting or sculpture).
The Laura Lou Neuenswander Fund for the Performing Arts will award one grant of $500 to a local charity for a project in the field of performing arts.
Grants may be used for education, presentation, competition or similar programs. Applicants must be 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, governmental entities, schools or religious institutions, and the programs offered must benefit the general public in the Middletown area.
A letter should be submitted to the Middletown Community Foundation noting for which of the two funds the organization is applying, detailing the project and including a budget showing all expenses and sources of other revenue.
The letter may be e-mailed to info@mcfoundation.org, faxed to (513) 424-7555 or mailed to 36 Donham Plaza, Middletown, OH 45042.
All requests are due in the Foundation’s office no later than 5 p.m. March 31.
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TweetGuest clarinetist to perform at Miami U
Guest artist Phil Paglialonga, Professor of Clarinet from Bethune-Cookman University will perform at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 22, in Souers Recital Hall, Center for Performing Arts. Joining him on the program is Miami music faculty Eric Varner, bassoon and Heather MacPhail, piano.
Featured works on the program are pieces by Bach, Beethoven, Weber, and Gustavino.
The recital is free and open to the public. For more information, call (513) 529-3014.
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TweetVocal Arts Ensemble premieres Alice Parker’s ‘Kentucky Hymns’
At its winter concert, the Vocal Arts Ensemble will present two world premieres by nationally-recognized composers, Alice Parker’s “Kentucky Psalms” and William Hawley’s “Three American Folk Hymns.”
There will be two performances on Sunday, March 22. The first will be 2 p.m. at Memorial Hall, 1225 Elm St., next to Cincinnati Music Hall. There will be a repeat performance, 7:30 p.m. at the Anderson Center, 7850 Five Mile Road, Anderson Township.
Parker will give a pre-concert lecture at 1:15 p.m. Sunday, March 22, before the Memorial Hall concert. Parker’s life-work has been in choral and vocal music, combining composing, conducting and teaching in a creative balance. Her arrangements with Robert Shaw of folksongs, hymns and spirituals form an enduring repertoire for choruses all around the world.
William Hawley’s Three American Folk Hymns will be an exciting new addition to choral music repertoire. Beginning his creative life primarily as an instrumental composer, he gradually found his work assuming a deeper expression in the realm of vocal music, unaccompanied as well as with instruments in chamber and orchestral combinations. This piece in particular seeks to elevate and enlighten the human mind and spirit through the use of traditional American sacred texts.
Also, Chen Yi’s A Set of Chinese Folk Songs will be performed. Chen Yi’s compositions have enjoyed success throughout the world and have been performed by the world’s finest orchestras.
Director Emeritus Earl Rivers returns to conduct the VAE and the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra. Selections also include Ralph Vaughn William’s “Serenade to Music,” Arthur Bliss’ “Pastoral” and Chen Yi’s “Set of Chinese Folk Songs.”
In addition, the CCO is participating in Orchestras Feeding America to benefit the Freestore Foodbank, so please bring a canned good.
Tickets: $25 adults, $15 students (513) 559-0000.
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TweetImage set from ‘DRUMLine Live!’
“DRUMLine Live!,” 8 p.m. Monday, March 16, Aronoff Center for the Arts, 650 Walnut, Cincinnati. $25-$40. (513) 621-2787. Half-price student rush tickets are available at the box office two hours before curtain, limit of two tickets per person with a valid student I.D. MORE: From half-time to big-time.
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TweetGreater Hamilton Civic Theatre announces cast for “Something’s Afoot”
Greater Hamilton Civic Theatre presents “Something’s Afoot” by by James McDonald, David Vos and Robert Gerlach. 8 p.m. April 30, May 1 and 2; 2 p.m. May 3, Parrish Auditorium, Miami University, Hamilton. $15. (513) 737-7529.
++++++++++ SYNOPSIS “Something’s Afoot” is a murder mystery musical that spoofs detective stories, mainly the works of Agatha Christie, and especially her detective novel “And Then There Were None” (aka “Ten Little Indians”). The play involves a group of people who are invited to the lake estate of Lord Dudley Rancour. When the wealthy lord is found dead, it’s a race against the clock to find out whodunnit.
CAST: Lyndall Murray as Miss Tweed (the tweedy, elderly, amateur detective); Olivia Yokers as Hope Langdon (the ingenue); Jon Hacker as Geoffrey (the juvenile); Denny Thomas as Flint (the caretaker); Emily Moroney as Lettie (the saucy maid); Wayne Kirsch as Col. Gillweather (the old army man); Les Bowen as Nigel Rancour (the dissolute nephew); Jeff Christian as Clive (the butler); Michelle MacCutcheon as Lady Grace Manley-Prowe (the grande-dame); and Matthew Speed as Dr. Grayburn (the family doctor). Directed by Burt McCollom. Produced by Linda Getz. Choreographed by Emi Durbin Musical Direction by Mark Durbin. Costuming by Teresa Durbin.
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TweetMad Anthony Theatre’s Henry Cepluch wins Cincinnati Directors Competition
Henry Cepluch wasn’t expecting much when he took the second act of “Boom Town” to the Cincinnati Directors Competition last weekend.
As an out-of-towner, he resigned himself to doing it just for the doing, but he came away from the three-day event as the top director for 2009 in the New Edgecliff Theater competition.
Cepluch entered the excerpt at the invitation of Michael Shooner, the executive director of New Edgecliff, when he came to Hamilton to see the Mad Anthony Theatre Company’s production of Jeff Daniels’ “Boom Town” in February.
The three character play concerns a love triangle and a couple struggling to make ends meet in rural Michigan. The play featured Bekka Eaton, Chris Kramer and Daniel Britt, who had invited Shooner to come to a performance.
++++++++++ FEATURE: Explosive drama in Mad Anthony’s ‘Boom Town’
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“The cast was very enthusiastic about it,” Cepluch said. “I don’t go in for competitions generally, but this time, I thought, ‘Why not?,’” he said. “Why not let them know that there’s theater outside of downtown Cincinnati.”
Cepluch said that he didn’t have to do much extra work to make the presentation. The second act of “Boom Town” pretty much tells the whole story and he timed it at 28 minutes, two minutes shy of the competition time limit, so he didn’t have to make any cuts.
When he and the cast went to the technical rehearsal the weekend before, Cepluch said he was further convinced of the futility when one of the stage hands told him to make sure he got a lot of people from Hamilton to come to the performance because so much of the score is decided by audience reaction, in addition to scoring by three judges.
“I thought, ‘Well, great! Nobody from Hamilton is going to come all the way to Cincinnati’s East Side for this,’” he said.
But not only did “Boom Town” make the qualifying round on Saturday, March 7, but went on to become the high scorer during the final round the next day.
“There was no one from our camp there either time,” Cepluch said, “so we took it totally on its merit, not because we loaded the audience.”
“The judges felt that the piece showed the most evidence of strong directorial voice, conventions clearly established and adhered to and the nurturing of a cohesive ensemble with the cast,” Shooner said. “It was a damn powerful 30 minutes of theater.”
Cepluch earned a $500 first prize for the effort. Second place went to Herb DuVal for an original piece called “Summer Cabin.” Six directors entered the third annual festival, held at the Performance Gallery on Eastern Avenue.
“We’re glad that the winner is from a bit further afield,” Shooner said. “The prospect of discovering and possibly collaborating with theatre artists throughout the region is very exciting.”
The Mad Anthony Theatre Company, the resident theater group at the Fitton Center for Creative Arts, concludes its season the last weekend of May with “Meshuggah-Nuns: the Ecumenical Nunsense.”
New Edgecliff Theatre’s events coordinator Devon Campailla presents Henry Cepluch (left) and Herb DuVal (right) cash prizes for winning first and second place respectively in the Cincinnati Directors Competition. Photos by Michael Shooner.
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TweetLane libraries seeking teen artists for contest
Artists ages 13-18 are invited to enter the Lane Libraries’ seventh annual Our Own Art teen art contest beginning Monday, March 16.
Entry forms and details are available at all Lane Library locations and online at www.laneteenzone.org.
Entries may be delivered to any Lane Library location no later than 6 p.m. on Friday, May 8.
Winners will be announced at the awards celebration 7 p.m. Thursday, May 21 at the Fairfield Lane Library, 1485 Corydale Dr. For more information, call (513) 894-6557.
Entries may be 2D or 3D and no larger than one person can carry. You may enter up to two pieces of work but will be considered for one award only. Art will be judged on composition, originality and overall presentation. Prizes will be awarded in two age divisions (13-15 and 16-18). Winning pieces will be featured on the Lane Web site and will be displayed in the Fairfield Lane Library meeting room after the contest concludes.
For more information about this and other programs at the Lane Libraries, please call 894-6557 or visit the Lane Web site.
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TweetIrish singer/peace activist Tommy Sands to perform in Fairfield
Where Tommy Sands grew up in rural County Down, Ireland, there was no running water and no electricity.
But they had music.
“My grandparents played and my parents played,” he said. “We never traveled out of our own small area, but I grew up lisening to music in the family farmhouse in a very backward part of the world.”
They did, however, enter a competition in Dublin as a family band in 1971 and won a prize to perform in New York City.
“We went back home after that, but then we were invited back to play at Carnegie Hall and then we were invited to Europe,” Sands said. “There was never any business plan or anything, it just evolved.”
In 1978, the Sands Family made their first record, and things went well for a while, until one of the brothers was killed in a car accident in 1985.
“We lost the heart for it,” Sands said, and the family stopped performing, although he continued to write and perform on his own, and he and his siblings still perform together when he’s not touring with his own family.
In addition to his stature as a prominent Irish singer/songwriter, Sands is also well-known as a peace activist, including a recent nomination for an International Peace Award from the Tipperary Peace Convention.
This, too, goes back to his up-bringing, he said.
“I grew up in a neighborhood where there were people from both sides of the political divide,” he said. “None of us had any money, so we worked for each other, helping each other out.
“So when people started getting killed, I found myself out singing about pretty fair maidens.”
But those songs of “pretty fair maidens” were “people songs” that expressed “hopes and dreams and pains,” so it wasn’t a far stretch to include songs that were more directly related to the issues of the day.
“When I was much younger and people came to our house, all of the toes would tap to the same rhythm in spite of a person’s politics or religion,” he said.
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Tommy Sands will perform with his children, Moya & Fionan.
Tommy Sands, 8 p.m. Saturday, March 21, Fairfield Community Arts Center, 411 Wessel Dr., Fairfield. $15 adult; $12 students/seniors. (513) 867-5348.
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TweetPansy Chang to perform in MU faculty recital
Cellist Pansy Chang will perform a faculty recital at 3 p.m. Saturday, March 21, in Souers Recital Hall, Center for Performing Arts. Pianist Elizabeth Parisot from Yale University will accompany.
Chang is associate professor of music at Miami University and teaches applied cello. She as performed as a soloist, chamber, and orchestral musician both nationally and internationally and also performs regularly with the Portland, Oregon-based band, Pink Martini.
Pianist Elizabeth Perisot has toured extensively as a soloist and chamber music musician along with her husband, Brazilian cellist Aldo Parisot.
Featured on the recital will be works by Robert Schumann, Ezra Laderman, Joel Hoffman and Zoltan Kodaly.
The recital is free and open to the public. For more information, call (513) 529-3014.
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TweetBadin High mounts production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s ‘Cinderella’
The classic and timeless musical “Cinderella” takes to the Badin High School stage for four performances starting Thursday, March 19.
“We chose ‘Cinderella because’ of its very family-friendly theme,” said Lisa Clear Schaffer, who is co-directing the Badin musical for the third year along with Tina Jacoby Welsh, in a press release.
Rodgers and Hammerstein transformed the fairy tale into an enchanted musical starring Julie Andrews, originally shown on television in 1957. At the time, it was the most highly viewed program in TV history. It has since been remade for television in 1965 and 1997.
“Cinderella combines more music, dance, costuming and special effects than Badin theater has ever seen in past shows,” Schaffer said. “And we are once again blessed by the accompaniment of an all-volunteer full orchestra.”
Badin senior Shelby Becker makes her final bow on the BHS stage as Cinderella, with junior Allie Pickerill as the Fairy Godmother, senior Jonathan Kuhl as the Prince, seniors Ellen Cserbak and Ben Kluesener as the Queen and King, senior Miranda Abner as the Stepmother, and sophomores Kristen Collier and Morgan Gattermeyer as the Stepsisters.
“It’s a great cast with some great music,’’ said Schaffer. She and Jacoby Welsh have previously directed “The Pajama Game” (2007) and “Guys & Dolls” (2008) at BHS, and have been involved in various aspects of Badin drama for many years prior to that. “And we’re really pleased to have some elementary school students as part of the cast as well.”
The cast also includes:Katie North, Jonathan Beer, Jordan Brown, Teresa Burch, Greg Hardewig, Samantha Hoelle, Alex Mitchell, Allison Rees, Leslie Roosa, Nick Roosa, Maria Salerno, Gray Schierholt and Rachel Schwarz.
Elementary students in the cast are Libby Crank and Patrick Kuhl of St. Peter in Chains, Noah Rich of Sacred Heart and Alyssa McKinney of Queen of Peace.
++++++++++ Students at St. Peter in Chains Elementary School got a sneak peek at the production, Wednesday, March 11:
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TweetMiami University holds composer’s forum
Miami University Department of Music will present a composers forum, at 11 a.m. Thursday, Mar. 19, in Souers Recital Hall. The event will feature resident composers G. Roger Davis and James Lentini in addition to Joel Hoffman from University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.
Performing as part of the forum are Miami music faculty Harvey Thurmer, violin; Mary E.M. Harris, viola; Pansy Chang, cello and Siok Lian Tan, piano.
Admission is free. For additional information contact the department of music, (513) 529-3014.
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TweetPHOTOS: Acting Up’s “Annie” opens Friday
Acting Up presents “Annie, Jr.”, 7 p.m. March 13 and 14, 2 p.m. March 14 and 15, Mason High School, 6100 S. Mason-Montgomery Rd. (513) 588-0988. MORE: Mason’s ‘Annie’ actress makes pitch for One Way Farm
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CAST
ANNIE………………..Leah Hall
OLIVER WARBUCKS……….Tom Schickel
GRACE FARRELL………………..Alyssa Newman
MISS HANIGAN………………..Kirsten Johnson
ROOSTER HANNIGAN………………..Kase Corstanje
LILLY ST. REGIS………………..Brittany Glancy
BUNDLES MCCLOSKEY………………..Joeseph Schlueter III
APPLE SELLER ………………..Emily Stretch
DOG CATCHER………………..Jacob Ponchot
SANDY………………..Sandee Stephens
POLICEMAN………………..Michael Kaper
LT. WARD ………………..Mason Howell
PRESIDENT FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT………..Logan Borland
ORPHAN PRINCIPALS
MOLLY………………..Ilana Frankel
PEPPER………………..Lauren Magness
DUFFY………………..Kennedy Carstens
KATE………………..Victoria Shields
TESSIE………………..Morgan Reece
JULY………………..Abby Docherty
BETTY………………..Ally Peebles
MADDIE………………..Madison DeBra
SQUIRT………………..Bella DeJesus
ORPHAN ENSEMBLE
Elizabeth Baenziger
Tessa DeBra
Kailey Schneider
Tess Hogan
Avery Kim
Bella Knauer
Megan Ledford
Molly Podiak
Kalya Stroud
Olivia Vidas
SERVANT PRINCIPALS
DRAKE………………..Gavin Docherty
CECILLE………………..Emily Farnell
ANNETTE………………..Brianna Beckham
MRS. GREER………………..Allie Couseineau
MRS. PUGH………………..Lauren Kiley
BROWNSTONE LADY….Allie Cousineau
STAR-TO-BE………………..Maddie Davis
GERT HEALY……….Annie Cleary
WACKY………………..Sydney Varner
JOHNSON………………..Olivia Vidas
BOYLAN SISTERS
BONNIE……………….Marissa Edwards
CONNIE………………..Hannah Pelfrey
RONNIE………………..Allie Cousineau
FDR’S CABINET
ICKES………………..Maddie Davis
HULL………………..Joeseph Schlueter III
PERKINS………………..Emily Farnell
MORGANTHAU………….Amalea Vidas
LOUIS HOWE………..Collin Richardson
FEATURED DANCERS
Samantha Baker
Emily Beitman
Marissa Edwards
Emily Farnell
Jessie Haskamp
Bridget Lally
Anna Lendl
Alexis Porter
Amalea Vidas
SERVANT ENSEMBLE
Allie Cousineau
Grace Francomb
Alex Ledford
Nyla White
Taylor Wilhoite
Sydney Varner
NYC ENSEMBLE
Logan Borland
Jacob Burris
Annabella Collins
Allison Edwards
Jamie Edwards
Timothy Hansen
Mason Howell
Michael Kaper
Hannah Pelfrey
Jacob Ponchot
Collin Richardson
Emily Stretch
Nyla White\
Directed by Dan Docherty
Musical direction by Jack Hasty
Choreography by Cindy Wilmes and Megan Kelley
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TweetMiddletown Symphony seeks singers
A community chorale is being organized to sing John Rutter’s “Gloria” with the Middletown Symphony Orchestra in its final concert of the season, May 18.
The chorale is open to anyone who wishes to sing. Call (513) 423-8797, or by e-mail.
Rehearsals begin April 7.
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Tweet‘Timon’ more than a museum piece
- “Timon of Athens” by William Shakespeare, 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, through March 22, Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, 719 Race Street, Cincinnati. 7:30 p.m. $26 reserved, $22 seniors, $16 students. (513) 381-2273. MORE: ‘Timon of Athens’ gets rare performance at Cincinnati Shakespeare.
++++++++++++ “Timon of Athens” is not one of William Shakespeare’s more popular plays, and the current production at the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company begs the question “Why not?”
Because of it’s shifting tone and unusual style, it’s often considered one of the Bard’s “problem plays,” but director Brian Isaac Phillips has made the right choices to create a work that seems valuable for its insight into human nature and its prescience toward today’s economic climate.
Timon, played by founding CSC member Nick Rose with his usual panache, is one of Athen’s richest and most notable citizens, well-known for his support of the arts and his generosity to his peers and underlings alike.
But when his notes come due and he’s in need of funds, all of those who gobbled at his table suddenly find other uses for their money rather than help out — or even pay Timon back for his previous philanthropy.
So he’s sent into the wilderness, now a misanthrope without a kind word or gesture for anyone except perhaps for the faithful servants who followed him. But when he stumbles on to a cache of gold bars, the old friends all come back with their hands out.
In the costuming and staging, Phillips leaves little room for guessing his intentions. The rich folk come dressed in white tails with corporate logos emblazoned on the back and include a nod toward recent celebrity politicians. Timon finds himself on certain magazine covers and the military has a vested interest in his activities.
Matt Johnson’s set helps tell the story at a glance with Athens presented as a series of towers made of playing cards rising out of a vast wilderness, precarious and destined to fall.
The fun is in seeing it happen, and seeing how some things, like our fascination with celebrity and the greedy nature of man, never change. Indeed, as the sign of the homeless man over the grate says in the opening sequence: “We have seen better days.”
++++++++++ Nick Rose as Timon of Athens.
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TweetPopular columnist to recall transition from country to city life
The Butler County Historical Society presents “From Junipers to Journalism” by Ercel Eaton, local journalist and author, 6:30 p.m. Monday, March 23, Berkeley Square Towne Hall Room, 100 Berkeley Dr., Hamilton. Free. (513) 737-5958.
++++++++++ The recent economic downturn has brought about comparisons to one of the nation’s most trying times - the Great Depression. The 1930s were a difficult time for the entire country. This was especially true in the rural mountainous region known as Appalachia. When the economy rebounded after World War II, much of the Appalachian population uprooted itself, moving to Midwestern cities in search of available jobs. This is exactly how Ercel Eaton came to reside in Hamilton.
Ercel Eaton is an accomplished journalist and speaker. As a writer and editor for the Hamilton Journal News, her tenure extended over 40 years. During this time, Ercel “covered nearly every beat on the paper at one time or another.” Her beginnings, in the mountains of southeastern Kentucky, were much more humble. However, these are the experiences that led her to write column after popular column about her Appalachian upbringing.
Other upcoming Butler County Historical Society events:
“The Anniversaries of Miami University” exhibition at Heritage Hall, opening April 4, will feature images, timelines, and artifacts that tell the story of Butler County’s oldest university.
In May, the BCHS will welcome Curtis Ellison, PhD., editor of the soon to be released “Miami University 1809-2009: Bicentennial Perspectives.”
The life of Christian Iutzi, one of Butler County’s earliest farmers, will be the focus of a program in June and will feature academic genealogist expert Neil Ann Stuckey Levine, PhD.
 
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TweetRare stamps center of intrigue in Ensemble Theatre’s ‘Mauritius’
“Mauritius” by Theresa Rebeck, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, March 18-April 5, Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati, 1127 Vine St., Cincinnati. $29-$38. (513) 421-3555.
++++++++++ SYNOPSIS: When a young woman unknowingly discovers the rarest of stamps—a priceless little square of paper known as the Mauritius Post Office—in her dead mother’s inheritance, a suspenseful caper ensues. Can she maneuver her way past scheming collectors, greedy dealers, and her own sister all the way to the bank? The play’s title (pronounced “More-ishes”) refers both to the small island country five hundred miles east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean known for its beautiful beaches, crystal blue waters, and tropical climate, as well as to one of the first two stamps produced by the Mauritian postal service in 1847. These two stamps, the “one penny” and the “two penny,” are incredibly rare, with only a few unused known to still exist, and feature an image of Queen Victoria and were the first stamps authorized by any British colonial government.
DIRECTOR’S NOTE: “I had been wanting to produce a Theresa Rebeck play here at ETC for some time. ‘Mauritius’ was the perfect fit for this season. It’s a compelling and intriguing story with remarkably complex characters. I think this seasoned cast will bring to life the unexpected elements in the story that makes each of their characters complete.” — D. Lynn Meyers.
CAST: Annie Fitzpatrick (Mary); Sara Mackie (Jackie); Dennis Parlato (Sterling); Buz Davis (Phillip); Michael G. Bath (Dennis).
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TweetMU faculty recital with pianist Siok Lian Tan
Pianist Siok Lian Tan will perform a faculty recital at 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 17, in Souers Recital Hall, Center for Performing Arts.
Tan is an associate professor of music at Miami University. She teaches applied piano and piano pedagogy, and coordinates the class piano area in the department. As an active pianist, Tan has performed in Asia, Europe, Australia, Africa, and the United States and has been heard in heard in live broadcasts on Cincinnati Public Radio Station WGUC. Tan has also presented lectures and master classes at conferences and universities both nationally and internationally.
Featured on the recital will be works by Beethoven, Debussy, Bartok and Schumann.
The recital is free and open to the public. For more information, call (513) 529-3014.
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TweetParrish Auditorium will come alive with ‘The Sound of Music’
In the Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic “The Sound of Music,” Maria Ranier, a young, undisciplined nun gets booted from the nunnery and sent to the home of retired Austrian naval officer Captain von Trapp to care for his highly-disciplined brood of children and teaches them to sing.
It’s a role that Maria Balfour was born to play. Or at least named to play. And with the upcoming Hamilton Rotary Club production, she gets her second opportunity, having played Maria in a Greater Hamilton Civic Theatre production in 2006.
“I grew up on ‘The Sound of Music,’” she said. “It’s my mother’s favorite movie and that’s how they chose my name. I love doing it, but it’s even more exciting for her.”
But this is not simply a re-mounting of the GHCT production, even though it does share a few cast members (Bess-Arlene Camacho also returns as Mother Abbess).
Under the direction of Bill Balfour, Maria’s husband, this “The Sound of Music” strives to be familiar and family-friendly, more like the famous movie, whereas the previous version sought to be show a the story in a new light, the Balfours said, with emphasis on the historical context.
“Rotary’s main goal is to raise money to give back to the community, and this show makes it really easy to raise money,” he said. “There are some shows that are automatic crowd-pleasers. We could probably do this show every year like some groups do ‘A Christmas Carol’.”
The film version, for instance, contains some songs that are not in the original stage version, and some of the scenes are in a different order, so the director has “done some tweaking,” he said.
“I’m focusing mainly on the love story,” Bill Balfour said, “and not go deep and heady with it, but make it something you can bring the kids to.”
“I think it’s that simple, like ‘Romeo and Juliet’,” he said. “People love that in principle: There’s a guy and a girl who aren’t supposed to be together, but want to be together, except this time it’s a guy in the military and a girl who’s a nun.”
And this show has what “Romeo and Juliet” doesn’t: A cast of “universally adorable” children, he said.
Another homage to the movie comes in the song “The Lonely Goatherd.” In the movie, the song is performed with marionettes cavorting.
“We can’t do marionettes, but we can do hand puppets,” Bill Balfour said, “so we set it up that Max is getting ready for a puppet show at the festival and this is his rehearsal.
Plus, he said, he’s trimmed the script a little to get it down from its normal two-and-a-half hour running time to a little more than two hours, including intermission.
MORE: Rotary announces cast for ‘The Sound of Music’
The Hamilton Rotary Club presents Rogers and Hammerstein’s “The Sound of Music,” 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, March 19-22, Parrish Auditorium, Miami University Hamilton. $15. (513) 867-4869.
Photos by Nick Graham. Top: Bess-Arlene Camacho and Maria Balfour rehearse for “The Sound of Music.” Bottom: Maria Balfour and some of the “universally adorable” children in the cast.
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TweetOxford gallery features recent work by Chrissy Collopy
Chrissy Collopy will be the featured artist at the Oxford Community Art Center for the month of March with “Light + Rain + Time =,” a showcase of recent work.
“My art aims to present a glimpse into a world of color, innocence, and growth,” she said in an e-mail interview. “I am calling the show ‘Light + Rain + Time =’ because of the pattern I see in these paintings are of rainbows, water, and an evolution of relationships which happen so often over a period of time.”
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The work in this show, she said, are a progression from “Reflections,” a previous solo show that hung in Cincinnati’s Creative Gallery in the fall of 2007, consisting of paintings that are both highly symbolic and intensely personal, created in an improvisational bursts.
“Mostly, I start on the canvas and just keep going with my feeling and as things come to me,” she said prior to that show. “I appreciate a lot of thing in nature and that’s where my inspiration comes from.
“You go into your zone and release yourself, cement yourself to a higher power and the energy that is all around you, so that it all becomes part of you. It’s really hard to explain because it’s something bigger than myself.”
This exhibition will also include three-dimensional work.
“I find objects that call to me to be reinvented,” she writes in her gallery statement. “Like footsteps left behind, these traces of who we are, what we do… come together renewed into something of their own.”
Born in northern Indiana, Collopy’s family moved around a lot because her father had “itchy feet,” as he likes to say.
When she was 14, he moved to New Mexico and she stayed in Oxford. It was also around that time that she started taking art seriously.
“That was the age when I realized that I can’t separate myself from art,” she said. “I painted for fun as a kid and never stopped. I wrote and drew in sketchbooks and I realized that I was getting pretty good at it, but I’m still learning.
When she was 20, she took some classes at Miami University when she was 20 from Lon Beck in Oxford and Ed Montgomery in Hamilton, but soon gave up the academic path and began studying more informally with artists she knows.
“I wanted to work on my own stuff and they want you to learn through the professor,” she said. “I felt like I just needed to paint and draw.”
_________ “Light + Rain + Time =” by Chrissy Collopy, through March, Oxford Community Arts Center, 10 S. College, Oxford. (513) 524-8506.
OPENING RECEPTION… At the Oxford Community Arts Center’s Second Friday Celebration of the Arts, 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, March 13. Music by Garcia & Scott, 8 p.m. Also, open studios by members of the Arts Collaborative, ballroom dancing instruction at 8 p.m., open dancing at 9 p.m. $5 donation for the dancing.
_________ Painting above: “Emotional Connection,” oil on canvas
File photo of the artist by Nick Daggy
TOP: “Epiphany.” BOTTOM: “Is There an Orange M&M?”
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TweetThings to do this week
kids/family
“Dinosaurs Unearthed,” non-members: $15 adults, $10 children; members: $10 adults, $7 children. “Dinosaurs Alive,” OmniMax Theatre, non-members: $7.50 adults, $6.50 seniors, $5.50 children; members: $5.50 adults; $4.50 children. Cincinnati Museum Center, 1301 Western Ave., Cincinnati. (513) 281-7000. MORE: Not your grandpa’s dinosaurs: These have feathers!”
“March Maze Madness,” EnterTRAINment Junction, 7379 Squire Ct., West Chester. $12.95 adults, $9.95 kids 3-12. (513) 898-8000. The Maze is like old-time amusement park funhouse with trick mirrors, spinning vortex tunnel and hurricane room.
Check our GOING OUT GUIDE for a big list of things to do with your children.
nitelife
- Big list of places to gather and things to do there in this weekend’sGOING OUT GUIDE.
concerts/music
- Midday Music in Oxford presents Music for Trumpet, Organ and Soprano, noon, Wednesday, March 11, Oxford Presbyterian Church, 101 N. Main St., Oxford. Free. (513) 523-6969.
theater/performing arts
Preview performance of “The Foreigner” by Larry Shue, Marx Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, $39. Opening night Thursday, March 12, $27-$55. (513) 421-3888. MORE: Cincinnati Playhouse opens ‘The Foreigner’ March 12.
“Bent” by Martin Sherman, 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday, March 12-13, New Stage Collective, 1140 Main St., Cincinnati. $20 general; $16 senior; $12 students. (513) 621-3700. Content Warning: for Mature Audiences - ages 17 and up. MORE: New Stage Collective presents ‘Bent’.
Lebanon Theatre Company presents “And the World Goes ‘Round,” 8 p.m. Friday March 13, Top of the Shoe Theatre, corner of Cherry and South Streets, Lebanon. $15. (513) 228-0932. MORE: Lebanon group performs Kander & Ebb classics.
“Eurydice” by Sarah Ruhl, 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday, March 12-13, Know Theatre of Cincinnati, 1120 Jackson, Cincinnati. (513) 300-5669. MORE: Video trailer for Know Theatre’s ‘Eurydice’.
“Timon of Athens” by William Shakespeare, 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Frida, March 12 and 13, Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, 719 Race Street, Cincinnati. 7:30 p.m. $26 reserved, $22 seniors, $16 students. (513) 381-2273. MORE: ‘Timon of Athens’ gets rare performance at Cincinnati Shakespeare.
“Bringing Sexy Back,” Shadowbox Cabaret, Newport on the Levee. 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday, 7:30 and 10:30 p.m. Friday. $30 adults, $20 students/seniors. (859) 581-7625. A collection of original sketch comedy and live rock ‘n’ roll from house band BillWho? dedicated to love, relationships, and America’s favorite pastime (wink wink).
galleries/exhibitions
Works by Glenn M. Julian, the Commons Gallery at the Knolls of Oxford, 6727 Contreras Rd., Oxford. (513) 524-7990. MORE: Glenn Julian art exhibition at Knolls’ Gallery.
Opening reception for “Awakening: Path to Spirituality,” paintings by Chuck Marshall, 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Gallery 42 Fine Art, 105 E. Main St., Mason. (513) 234-7874. Open Thursday and Friday. Exhibition continues through April 4. MORE: Chuck Marshall exhibit at Gallery 42.
“Mythography: An Exploration of Narrative” and Selections from the Fourth International Drawing Annual exhibit-in-print, opening reception 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Manifest Gallery and Drawing Center, 2727 Woodburn Ave., Cincinnati. Exhibition continues through April. 3. Closed Monday. (513) 861-3638. MORE: New exhibitions at Manifest Gallery.
“The Hope and Strength Through Art: Celebrating the Masters,” showcasing local works by adults and children living with a mental illness, Mason Municipal Center, 6000 Mason-Montgomery Rd.Mason art exhibition embraces mental health.
“Miami University Department of Art 2009 Bicentennial Exhibition,” M.U. Art Museum exhibits work by faculty, former students; “Dialogue with Nature: New Conceptions of Organic Architecture Miami University Department of Architecture and Interior Design Fallingwater Honors Studio,” “Paintings, Prints and Sculpture: Selections from the Permanent Collection,” Miami University Art Museum, 801 S. Patterson Ave., Oxford. (513) 523-2232.
“Tomorrow’s Artists Today,” Middletown Arts Center, 130 N. Verity Parkway, Middletown. (513) 424-2417. MORE: Young artists featured in Middletown exhibition.
“Brotherhood and Sisterhood: The Art and Artifacts of Greek Letter Societies at Miami University, 1833-2008,” McGuffey Museum, 410 E. Spring St., Oxford. Focuses on traditions and lore of Greek letter societies and includes badges and profiles of campus landmarks such as the Phi Delta Theta campus gates. Closed Monday. (513) 529-8380.
“Identities” at the Fitton Center for Creative Arts, 101 S. Monument Ave., Hamilton. Featuring the work of David T. Collins, Cristin Millett, Kim Curinga and Amy Rich. PREVIEW: Fitton Center exhibit explores personal identities.
“Isn’t It Great To Be An Artist? Insider/Outsider Art;” “Dreamstates: Surrealist Art from the Israel Museum;” Cincinnati Art Museum, 953 Eden Park Dr., Cincinnati. (513) 639-2995. Closed Monday. DETAILS/IMAGES: Folk Art collection on view at Cincinnati Art Museum.
“Donald Sultan: The First Decade” and new work by Tara Donovan, Contemporary Arts Center, 44 E. 6th Street, Cincinnati. (513) 345-8400. Closed Tuesday. MORE INFO: New exhibits coming to Contemporary Arts Center.
“Fashion in Film,” featuring 36 costumes from period films, and “Small Paintings,” offering an intimate look at collecting at the turn of the 20th century, Taft Museum of Art, 316 Pike St., Cincinnati. $12 adults; $10 students/seniors; $4 children. (513) 241-0343.
“Luminous Paintings” by Tom Bacher, Weston Gallery in the Aronoff Center for the Arts, 650 Walnut, downtown Cincinnati. STORY: Tom Bacher exhibition at the Weston Gallery.
“Cincinnati - A Glimpse from the Past,” The Betts House, 416 Clark St., two blocks west of Music Hall, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. $2. (513) 651-0734. Closed Monday and Friday. PREVIEW: Compare Cincinnati’s past and present in photography exhibition
“Parallel Visions VII,” Studio San Giuseppe Art Gallery at the College of Mount St. Joseph, 5701 Delhi Road, Cincinnati. (513) 244-4314; www.msj.edu.
“Cheryl Dunn: Spit & Peanut Shells - American Pictures” and “Antonio Adams: Art Thing & the Orgllycreeks & Common Surprise,” Country Club, 424 Findlay St., Cincinnati. (513) 792-9744. Open Thursday-Saturday.
literary/cultural
The Riverbank Poetry Slam, 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 10, the Fairfield Community Arts Center, 411 Wessel Dr., Fairfield. Sign-ups begin 6:45 p.m. Cash prizes. (513) 867-5348. MORE: News from the Riverbank Poetry Project.
Celebrating Self: “Gardening Tips with Denny McKeown,” long-time host of the popular call-in radio program, 11:45 a.m. Wednesday, March 11, Fitton Center for Creative Arts, 101 S. Monument Ave., Hamilton. $15 members; $17 non-members, includes lunch. (513) 863-8873; www.fittoncenter.org.
________ Things To Do are also Things That Change
and sometimes Things That Sell Out,
so be sure to contact the venue
before showing up without tickets …
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TweetThings to do this weekend
kids/family
“Over the Top,” the 138th edition of the Ringling Bros./Barnum & Bailey Circus, 7 p.m. Friday; 11 a.m., 3 and 7 p.m. Saturday; 1 and 5 p.m. Sunday, March 6-8, U.S. Bank Arena, Cincinnati. $12-$85. (513) 562-4949. FEATURE: Ringmaster v. Clown: The Showdown; PHOTOS: Greatest Show on Earth image set; MORE: Circus fun facts!
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra presents “Take Me Out to the Ballgame,” a Lollipop Family Concert, 10:30p a.m. Saturday, March 7, Music Hall, 1241 Elm St. $12 adults, $7 children. (513) 381-3300. MORE: CSO Lollipop Concert has baseball theme.
“Dinosaurs Unearthed,” non-members: $15 adults, $10 children; members: $10 adults, $7 children. “Dinosaurs Alive,” OmniMax Theatre, non-members: $7.50 adults, $6.50 seniors, $5.50 children; members: $5.50 adults; $4.50 children. Cincinnati Museum Center, 1301 Western Ave., Cincinnati. (513) 281-7000. MORE: Not your grandpa’s dinosaurs: These have feathers!”
“March Maze Madness,” EnterTRAINment Junction, 7379 Squire Ct., West Chester. $12.95 adults, $9.95 kids 3-12. (513) 898-8000. The Maze is like old-time amusement park funhouse with trick mirrors, spinning vortex tunnel and hurricane room.
Family Performance Series presents Bob Ford & the Ragamuffins, 3 p.m. Sunday, The Oxford Community Arts Center, 10 S. College, Oxford. $10 adults; $8 students, $5 children under 12, $24 family back (two adult, two children tickets). (513) 524-8506. MORE: Irish folk music with Bob Ford in Oxford.
Check our GOING OUT GUIDE for a big list of things to do with your children.
nitelife
- Big list of places to gather and things to do there in this weekend’sGOING OUT GUIDE.
concerts/music
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Chamber Players, 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 6, Cincinnati Memorial Hall. $25-$35. (513) 381-3300The program includes works by Vaughan Williams, Poulenc, Bax and concludes with Bartok’s Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion as part of the CSO’s Bartók Project, a three-month exploration of Bela Bartok’s music.
Pianist Yefim Bronfman performs with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, 11 a.m. Friday, March 6; and 8 p.m. Saturday, March 7, Cincinnati Music Hall, 1241 Elm St., Cincinnati. $12 and up. (513) 381-3300. MORE: CSO welcomes Yefim Bronfman.
The Cincinnati Civic Orchestra, directed by Laurence Bonhaus, 3 p.m. Saturday, March 7, Tylersville Road Christian Church, 6771 Tylersville Rd., Mason. Free. (513) 754-0777. To celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Felix Mendelssohn with a performance of his Symphony No. 3, “Scottish”, and Hebrides Overture.
Jazz pianist Mark Shane, 3 p.m. Sunday, March 8, Gallagher Students Center, Xavier University. $22, $19 for seniors, $3 for students. (513) 745-3161. Program will be “Swing Sounds of the ’40s” with reed man Dan Levinson and trumpeter Jon-Eric Kelso.
theater/performing arts
New Edgecliff Theatre presents the Cincinnati Directors Competition, 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, Columbia Performance Center, 3900 Eastern Ave., Cincinnati. $15 nightly or $30 for competition pass. (888) 588-0137.
“A Delicate Balance” by Edward Albee, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, the Madisonville Arts Center, 5021 Whetsel Ave., Cincinnati $10. (513) 271-8600.
Lebanon Theatre Company presents “And the World Goes ‘Round,” 8 p.m. March 7, 13 and 14; 7 p.m. March 8 and 2 p.m. March 8 and 15, Top of the Shoe Theatre, corner of Cherry and South Streets, Lebanon. $15. (513) 228-0932.
“When Winter Come: the choreopoem,” an original performance piece based on the poetry of famed writer Frank X Walker, 8 p.m. Friday, March 6, Stauss Theatre, Northern Kentucky University. $9 adults; $6 students/seniors. (859) 572-5464. MORE: Choreopoem by Frank X Walker to debut at NKU.
“Eurydice” by Sarah Ruhl, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Know Theatre of Cincinnati, 1120 Jackson, Cincinnati. (513) 300-5669. MORE: Video trailer for Know Theatre’s ‘Eurydice’.
“Timon of Athens” by William Shakespeare, 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, 719 Race Street, Cincinnati. 7:30 p.m. $26 reserved, $22 seniors, $16 students. (513) 381-2273. MORE: ‘Timon of Athens’ gets rare performance at Cincinnati Shakespeare.
“Two Gentlemen of Verona” by John Guare, Mel Shapiro and Galt MacDermot, based on the Shakespeare, 8 p.m. Friday; 2:30 and 8 p.m. Saturday; 2:30 p.m. Sunday; Patricia Corbett Theater, University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. $15-28; $10 student rush. (513) 556-4183. Shakespeare with a hippie twist. PHOTOS: Image set for ‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’.
Broadway Across America presents “Frost/Nixon by Peter Morgan featuring Stacy Keach, 8 p.m. Friday; 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday; 1 and 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Procter & Gamble Hall, Aronoff Center, 650 Walnut, Cincinnati. $18-$50. (800) 982-2787. PREVIEW: Alan Cox takes on Frost-y role. Photos: Image set by Carol Rosegg.
“A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, Covedale Center for the Performing Arts, 4990 Glenway Ave., Cincinnati. $21 adults, $19 students/seniors. (513) 241-6550. PHOTOS/CAST LIST: ‘A Funny Thing Happened…’ a the Covedale.
“Blackbird” by David Harrower, 8 p.m. Friday; 4 and 8 p.m. Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday, Shelterhouse Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. $47-$57. (513) 421-3888. PREVIEW: ‘Blackbird’ tackles the sensitive subject of pedophilia. PHOTOS: Image set by Sandy Underwood. REVIEW: Playhouse’s ‘Blackbird’ leaves doubts.
La Comedia Dinner Theatre presents “Polynesian Fire,” dinner arrival starts at 5:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, brunch arrival starts at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. $51-$69. 765 W. Central Ave., Springboro. (800) 677-9505. REVIEW: La Comedia chases away winter with fire.
“Bringing Sexy Back,” Shadowbox Cabaret, Newport on the Levee. 7:30 and 10:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. $30 adults, $20 students/seniors. (859) 581-7625. A collection of original sketch comedy and live rock ‘n’ roll from house band BillWho? dedicated to love, relationships, and America’s favorite pastime (wink wink).
galleries/exhibitions
Opening reception for “Awakening: Path to Spirituality,” paintings by Chuck Marshall, 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Gallery 42 Fine Art, 105 E. Main St., Mason. (513) 234-7874. Exhibition continues through April 4. Gallery closed Sunday. MORE: Chuck Marshall exhibit at Gallery 42.
“Mythography: An Exploration of Narrative” and Selections from the Fourth International Drawing Annual exhibit-in-print, opening reception 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Manifest Gallery and Drawing Center, 2727 Woodburn Ave., Cincinnati. Exhibition continues through April. 3. Gallery closed Sunday (513) 861-3638.
Lebanon Quilt and Fabric Arts Show, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, March 6-8, Warren County Historical Society, 105 S. Broadway (St. R48) Lebanon. Quilt show and sale, patterns for quilts and crafts, Supplies for quilters and crafters, wool, and embroidery vintage quilts and textiles, and more. SPECIAL EXHIBITS: “Everything Old is New Again”: A selection of pre-Civil War quilts and contemporary quilts inspired by the past. $5. (513) 932-1817.
“Miami University Department of Art 2009 Bicentennial Exhibition,” M.U. Art Museum exhibits work by faculty, former students; “Dialogue with Nature: New Conceptions of Organic Architecture Miami University Department of Architecture and Interior Design Fallingwater Honors Studio,” “Paintings, Prints and Sculpture: Selections from the Permanent Collection,” Miami University Art Museum, 801 S. Patterson Ave., Oxford. (513) 523-2232.
“Tomorrow’s Artists Today,” Middletown Arts Center, 130 N. Verity Parkway, Middletown. (513) 424-2417. MORE: Young artists featured in Middletown exhibition. Closed Sunday.
“Brotherhood and Sisterhood: The Art and Artifacts of Greek Letter Societies at Miami University, 1833-2008,” McGuffey Museum, 410 E. Spring St., Oxford. Focuses on traditions and lore of Greek letter societies and includes badges and profiles of campus landmarks such as the Phi Delta Theta campus gates. (513) 529-8380.
“Identities” at the Fitton Center for Creative Arts, 101 S. Monument Ave., Hamilton. Featuring the work of David T. Collins, Cristin Millett, Kim Curinga and Amy Rich. PREVIEW: Fitton Center exhibit explores personal identities. Closed Sunday.
“Obim: My Life,” an exhibition of drawings and paintings by Kene Chukwuemeka Chukwu, Fairfield Community Arts Center, 411 Wessel Dr., Fairfield. (513) 867-5348. PREVIEW: Chukwuemeka uses ‘signs’ from his homeland in paintings’
“Isn’t It Great To Be An Artist? Insider/Outsider Art;” “Dreamstates: Surrealist Art from the Israel Museum;” Cincinnati Art Museum, 953 Eden Park Dr., Cincinnati. (513) 639-2995. DETAILS/IMAGES: Folk Art collection on view at Cincinnati Art Museum.
“Donald Sultan: The First Decade” and new work by Tara Donovan, Contemporary Arts Center, 44 E. 6th Street, Cincinnati. (513) 345-8400. MORE INFO: New exhibits coming to Contemporary Arts Center.
“Fashion in Film,” featuring 36 costumes from period films, and “Small Paintings,” offering an intimate look at collecting at the turn of the 20th century, Taft Museum of Art, 316 Pike St., Cincinnati. $12 adults; $10 students/seniors; $4 children. (513) 241-0343.
“Luminous Paintings” by Tom Bacher, Weston Gallery in the Aronoff Center for the Arts, 650 Walnut, downtown Cincinnati. STORY: Tom Bacher exhibition at the Weston Gallery.
“Parallel Visions VII,” Studio San Giuseppe Art Gallery at the College of Mount St. Joseph, 5701 Delhi Road, Cincinnati. (513) 244-4314; www.msj.edu.
“Cheryl Dunn: Spit & Peanut Shells - American Pictures” and “Antonio Adams: Art Thing & the Orgllycreeks & Common Surprise,” Country Club, 424 Findlay St., Cincinnati. (513) 792-9744. Closed Sunday.
“We Still Use Film,” photographs by Jesse Reed, Ashley Duban, Olivia Hamilton, Floyd Johnson and Andra Lee, Base Cooperative, 1225 Main St., Cincinnati. Exhibit continues through March 22. (513) 721-2273.
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TweetMidday Music features Baroque program
Midday Music in Oxford presents Music for Trumpet, Organ and Soprano, noon, Wednesday, March 11, Oxford Presbyterian Church, 101 N. Main St., Oxford. Free. (513) 523-6969.
_____ The next Midday Music in Oxford concert will include a selection of baroque works for trumpet, organ and soprano.
“I wouldn’t say that it’s common,” said trumpeter Brian Buerkle, who has organized the recital, of that particular combination of instruments, “but it’s a combination that has been composed for quite a bit.”Joining him will be Jerry Taylor, organ, and Mary Elizabeth Southworth, soprano. “The music that the three of us will be playing together will be from the Baroque period,” Buerkle said, “including pieces by Handel and three arias by Scarlotti, which are taken from a series of seven.”
The program will also feature each member doing solo pieces, including Southworth’s rendition of Mozart’s famous “Exsultate Jubilate.”Buerkle as an orchestral member of the State of N. Mexico Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Pops, as well as with the Pittsburgh, Seattle, Indianapolis, Louisville, Kentucky and West Virginia symphonies.
He is a familiar performer at the Midday Music series as a member of both the Queen City Brass and the Canterbury Brass quintet. In the latter, he appeared for four holiday concerts in the series.
Since 1986, Taylor has been the director of music and organist at Kettering Seventh Day Adventist Church and a music associate at Westminster Church in Dayton.Southworth, former faculty member at Wright State University, “has an absolutely gorgeous voice,” said Midday Music director Jack Daugherty. “She has performed numerous times with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and the Cincinnati Opera” as well as numerous solo performances with the Dayton Philharmonic.
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TweetCSO presents program of ‘European Gems’
The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra plays “European Gems,” 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, March 13 and 14, Music Hall, 1418 Elm St., Cincinnati. $12 and up. (513) 381-3300.
_____ Acclaimed Canadian pianist Louis Lortie returns to the Music Hall stage to perform with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra for a program that music director Paavo Jarvi has dubbed “European Gems,” including works by Mozart, Legeti, and opens with Bartok’s Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta as part of the CSO’s “Bartok Project,” a three-month exploration of Bela Bartok’s music.
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“Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta is one of the greatest pieces written in the 20th century,” Jarvi said in a press release. “For me, there is no doubt that this one of the landmark pieces written. The music really builds up and moves you emotionally….” Next on the program is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21, nicknamed “Elvira Madigan” after a 1967 Swedish film where it was effectively used. Mr. Lortie will perform the piano solo.
“Mozart is always elevating and inspiring,” he said “Maybe it’s because of his connection with the instrument, but there’s something very personal and very unique about his piano concerti.”
The concert closes with Gyorgy Sandor Ligeti’s Concerto Romanesc. Ligeti was a favorite composer of filmmaker Stanley Kubrick, and Kubrick used Ligeti’s music in films like 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Shining and Eyes Wide Shut.
“With the Bartok Project, I couldn’t resist including a contemporary in terms of the musical language, and that’s Ligeti,” Jarvi said. “Concerto Romanesc is a piece that was just recently sanctioned by Ligeti before his death… He really captures what the Hungarian or Gypsy band would sound like….”
A video of Jarvi discussing the program:
Louis Lortie, pianist
Canadian pianist Louis Lortie has been praised for the fresh perspective and individuality he brings to a deliberately broad spectrum of the keyboard canon. He studied in Montréal with Yvonne Hubert (a pupil of French pianist, Alfred Cortot), in Vienna with the Beethoven specialist, Dieter Weber, and subsequently with Schnabel disciple Leon Fleisher, among others.
Also celebrated for his interpretation of works by Beethoven, Lortie has performed the complete Beethoven sonatas in London’s Wigmore Hall, Toronto’s Ford Center, Berlin Philharmonie, and the Sala Grande del Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi in Milan. In Berlin, Die Welt called his performances “possibly the most beautiful Beethoven since the times of Wilhelm Kempff.” With the Montreal Symphony, he has performed and conducted all five Beethoven Piano Concertos and most recently, the complete Mozart Piano Concertos.
Lortie has forthcoming engagements with the San Francisco Symphony, National Symphony Orchestra, Washington, LA Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, and European highlights include dates with the Orchestre National du France/Masur in Paris and the Vienna Musikverein, Warsaw Philharmonic/Wit in an Liszt Gala concert, Robeco Summer Series at the Concertgebouw with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic/van Zweden, Leipzig GewandhausOrchester/Masur, London Philharmonic/Masur, BBC Proms with the CBSO/Ades, Rotterdam Philharmonic/Elder, Swedish Chamber Orchestra/Fischer and BBC Philharmonic/Dworzynski. Lortie is adept leading from the piano and recently he play/conducted Het Brabants Orkest and the Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonia. In 2008, Lortie received a special invitation from the National Center for the Performing Arts of China to take part in The 2008 Beijing Centenary Piano Extravaganza directly linked to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games which included a commission for 10 pianists by Chinese composer Cui Shi Guan with the Beijing Symphony Orchestra.
Future recitals include the Vienna Konzerthaus, the International Piano Festival and the International Chamber Music Festival at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, The Sage Gateshead, Milan Serate Musicali, Tuscan Sun Festival, Valencia and Bilbao. Lortie has also recently performed at the Berlin Konzerthaus, Aldeburgh Festival, Orford Summer Festival, Beethoven Festival, Warsaw and BBC Scotland at the RSAMD, Moritzburg Festival, and in Italy, Lortie recitals include the Michelangeli Festival in Brescia and Bergamo, Savona, Treviso, Milan, Vicenza.
Lortie has made over 30 recordings on the Chandos label, ranging from Mozart to Stravinsky. His recording of Beethoven’s Eroica Variations won the Edison Award, and his disc of Schumann’s Bunte Blatter and other works by Schumann and Brahms was named one of the best CDs of the year by BBC Music Magazine. His recording of the complete Chopin Etudes, op. 10 and 25, has been cited by BBC Music Magazine’s special Piano Issue as one of “50 Recordings by Superlative Pianists”. Lortie’s recording of Liszt’s complete works for piano and orchestra with the Residentie Orchestra of The Hague was immediately named “Editor’s Choice” by Gramophone Magazine. In addition to the current Liszt recordings, other recent releases include To the Distant Beloved, with works by Beethoven, Schumann and Liszt, and Franck’s Symphonic Variations with the BBC Symphony.
Born in Montréal, Lortie made his debut with the Montréal Symphony at just thirteen and the Toronto Symphony three years later, who then engaged him for an historic tour of the People’s Republic of China and Japan. In 1984, he won First Prize in the Busoni Competition and was a prize-winner at the Leeds Competition. In 1992 he was named Officer of the Order of Canada, and received both the Order of Quebec and an honorary doctorate from Laval University. Lortie has lived in Berlin since 1997 but also has a home in Canada.
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TweetSweet Art of Mine seeks entries for Student Art Show
Sweet Art of Mine Art Gallery is hosting a student art show for all kinds of artists, opening 5 to 8 p.m. April 18.
“Whether you are a sculptor, a painter, or photographer we want to show off your talent,” said owner Tom Flora in an e-mail.
Prizes include $300 for first place, $150 for second and $50 for third.
Entries accepted via e-mail photos to sweetartofmine@zoomtown.com or mail them to 7334 Tylers Corner Drive Suite 300 West Chester, Ohio 45069. There is a $5 fee for each selected piece. Submissions are due by March 21.
Since it’s opening in November, Sweet Art of Mine has been on a mission to sponsor and promote local artists in hopes to provide a venue of distribution for original top quality, unique art in West Chester. Sweet Art of Mine owners Kris and Tom Flora have focused their time exploring new and unique ways to advertise the gallery and provide opportunity for artists to be seen and heard.
“We feel that this focused mission - and our passion for art - is what sets us apart from other galleries,” said Kris Flora.
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TweetCeltic Aire to celebrates St. Paddy’s day at Lane Libraries
In celebration of St. Patrick’s Day, Celtic Aire will perform at the Oxford Lane Library, 2 p.m. Sunday, March 15, and at the Hamilton Lane Library, 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 18.
This Irish group will inspire and entertain with lively selections of Celtic tunes on traditional Irish instruments.
For more information about these and other programs at the Lane Libraries, call (513) 894-6557.
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TweetCincy Pops 2009-10 season includes special guests Chenoweth, Brinkman
The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, under the direction of Presidential Medal of Arts-winner and Classical Music Hall of Fame inductee Erich Kunzel, has put together its 2009-2010 season at Music Hall:
With guest artist Kristin Chenoweth, above, Sept. 11-13;
Motown 50 featuring Spectrum, Oct. 11;
A John Williams Spectacular, Nov. 13-15
Happy Holidays with the Pops, Dec. 11-13
An Evening of Romance with Jim Brickman, Jan; 31;
Got Swing!, Feb. 26-28;
For George & John: Harrison and Lennon Remembered, April 11 and 18;
Pops Goes Vegas, May 28-30.
Season tickets for the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra 2009-2010 season are now available:
Eight-concert series, $160 to $596;
Six-concert series, $120 to $447;
Five-concert series, $106.25 to $395.
Subscriptions for children ages 6-18 are just $20 per ticket
Single tickets go on sale to the general public August 12 with prices beginning at $25. Contact the sales office at (513) 381-3300 for more information.
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TweetArea rock bands join together to benefit Play It Forward
In an e-mail with the subject “You’ll never see a better show for $12,” Sonny Moorman provides a heads-up on “one of the coolest shows you’ll ever see,” a concert benefiting Play It Forward, doors 7 p.m. Thursday, March 12 at the Madison Theater, 728 Madison Ave., Covington.
This concert brings together a number of high-profile bands one might never have the opportunity to see again on the same stage in a single evening of amazing music, including Moorman, Tracy Walker, The Bluebirds, Ricky Nye, Keith Little, Noah Hunt and the 420 All-Stars, Gary Burbank with Blue Run and a very special guest artist.
“We’re not allowed to publicize but if you knew who it was you’d probably say, ‘Hmmm… Show Me The Way to the Madison so I can check this out,’” Moorman writes. “So, Do You Feel Like We Do? Do you want to show your support for a new nonprofit dedicated to helping career musicians in times of critical need?
“You can also win a guitar autographed by this Grammy-Award winning six-string-slinger if you show up.”
The occasion for the all-star lineup is a compilation CD for which dozens of local artists submitted original tracks, according to the Play It Forward website. The two-disk, 30-track CD will be used to raise funds for the organization, and represents the support of all the musicians featured.
The mission of Play it Forward, founded in 2007 by former radio celebrity and blues musician Gary Burbank, is to help and support musicians, particularly those in situations of extreme need or emergency.
“The dedication of musicians to their craft and to the enjoyment of so many sometimes comes at the expense of their financial security and well being, occasionally leaving them in very dire straits,” Burbank said in a press release. “We seek to educate the public about those cases and to create and manage an investment fund whose annual profits will be used to assist Greater Cincinnati musicians and their families in times of catastrophic need.”
Tickets are $12 or $15 day of show and can be purchased at the Madison Theater Box office and online or at Shake It Records, Clifton Natural Foods, Buddy Roger’s Music in Anderson, Susan’s Natural World, Everybody’s Records and Burbank’s Real BBQ.
Sonny says he’ll also have tix at his gigs while supplies last, but that they are going fast.
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TweetLebanon group performs Kander & Ebb classics
Lebanon Theatre Company presents “And the World Goes ‘Round” by Kander & Ebb, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, March 6(sold out)-7 and 13-14; 7 p.m. March 8 and 2 p.m. March 8 and 15, Top of the Shoe Theatre, corner of Cherry and South streets, Lebanon. $15. (513) 228-0932.
SYNOPSIS: Directed by Steven Haines, the musical revue uses songs from the repertoire of composer John Kander and lyricist Fred Ebb, creators of some of Broadway’s favorite musicals, including “Funny Lady,” “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” “Cabaret,” “Chicago” and “New York, New York.”
CAST: Erin Brewer, Abbie Campbell, Bridgette Cox, Amy Edington-King, Tonda Hoefler, Denise Palmer, Carol Rickey, Wayne Dunn, Steven Haines, Michael Fabel, Steve Lautenslager and Kurt Percy.
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TweetDRUMLine Live: From half-time to the big-time
“DRUMLine Live!,” 8 p.m. Monday, March 16, Aronoff Center for the Arts, 650 Walnut, Cincinnati. $25-$40. (513) 621-2787. Half-price student rush tickets are available at the box office two hours before curtain, limit of two tickets per person with a valid student I.D.
_____ If you’ve ever gone to a high school football game just to see the half-time show (or if you only went because you were in the band), then “DRUMLine Live” should be right up your Tin Pan Alley.
Created by the music team behind the hit movie “Drumline,” this live production featuring 40 musicians and dancers transports the African American marching band tradition from the playing field to the stage.
“There really is a strong cultural tradition for this, especially in the Southeast,” said drum major Brian Snell. “This is the whole marching band experience with all the pageantry and energy.
“But it’s not just marching band music the way most people think of it,” he said. “You also get a little bit of Motown and swing. We want to show the variety and diversity of our band and dancers.”
While there is some narrative history about the tradition and the music, it is at its heart a musical revue.
“It’s a dream come true for a lot of us,” Snell said. “I’m a music major, but I never thought I’d be able to play this kind of music professionally.
“We spend our high school and college days gaining our expertise and honing our skills, but then we graduate and have to stop right at the peak of our talent,” he said. “There are no other avenues out there.”
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TweetNew Stage Collective presents ‘Bent’
“Bent” by Martin Sherman, 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday, March 12-April 5, New Stage Collective, 1140 Main St., Cincinnati. $20 general; $16 senior; $12 students. (513) 621-3700. Content Warning: for Mature Audiences - ages 17 and up.
SYNOPSIS: In 1930s Berlin Max and his lover/flatmate Rudy begin a nightmare odyssey through Nazi Germany, which placed homosexuals on a lower scale than Jews. Max refuses to abandon Rudy and soon they’re caught. Fn route to Dachau, Rudy is killed and Horst, another homosexual prisoner, warns Max to deny Rudy, which he does. Max opts for the label ‘Jew’ rather than ‘queer’ but he and Horst are attracted to each other; when Horst is callously killed Max declares himself before committing suicide.
DIRECTOR’S NOTE: “How important is this play? Before ‘Bent,’ Nazi persecution of gays was not widely understood in popular culture. In a historical sense, society at large was at best unaware, or at worst ambivalent to reports of suffering by gays in the concentration camps. The impact of this drama on popular understanding of homosexual persecution is immeasurable.” — Alan Patrick Kenny
CAST: Trevor Day, Chris Kramer, Zlatomir Moldovanski, Kelly Rossberg, Matthew Alan Troillett and Kellen York.
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TweetExhale Dance Tribe presents ‘Collection Complete’
Exhale Dance Tribe presents “Collection Complete,” 8 p.m. March 14, Anderson Center, 7850 Five Mile Rd., Cincinnati. $20. (513) 479-5047.
Exhale Dance Tribe will be collaborating with outside choreographers to present six diverse “movement architects,” including:
Co- founders Andrew Hubbard and Missy Lay Zimmer present “La La Land”, “Mourning Dreams” and “Dust” - animated caricatures of young women finding their ‘ROAR’! Adolescence free-forms in this ego tripping, planet hopping, juxtaposition of little girls in outer space.
Byron Carter presents “At This Moment” - a political hip hop piece exhibiting hope for world change in support of President Elect Barack Obama.
Andrew Turteltaub presents “A New Day” - a refreshing representation of shedding old habits and selves in search of a more meaningful existence.
Jennifer Porteous Rutherford presents “The Apathy of Time.”
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TweetLane book group to discuss ‘The Ten Cent Plague’
The Fairfield Lane Library, 1485 Corydale Dr., plans a “fun and feisty” discussion of “The Ten Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America” by David Hajdu, 7 p.m. March 24.
Call (513) 858-3238, ext. 358 to register.
Copies of the book are available at the Information Services desk upon registration.
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TweetArea choreographers band together for show
Cincinnati Choreographers’ Collective and Contemporary Dance Theatre presents “Small Streams-2,” 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, March 13 and 14, College Hill Town Hall, 1805 Larch Ave., Cincinnati. $18 general; $15 students/seniors. (513) 731-8847 or (513) 591-1222
“Small Streams-2” is the 2nd annual dance concert featuring “small gems” (solos, duets, trios) by mostly area choreographers. These intimate concerts present a mix of new work, prior work that merits re-staging, or a stand-alone excerpt from a larger group work. The works presented in a “Small Streams” concert can represent a piece of a larger (unseen) whole or the choreographers’ way of seeing or thinking at that specific moment in time.
Choreographers include Diane Germain, Ka-Ron Brown Lehman, Claudia Rudolf Barrett, Danah Bella, Gloria Esenwein, Tricia Gelmini, Lisa K. Lock and Amy Seiwert. Featured dancers include Heather Britt, Hannah Dorfmueller, Tricia Sundbeck and Jay Goodlett.
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TweetCincy Playhouse opens ‘The Foreigner,’ March 12
“The Foreigner” by Larry Shue, Marx Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday; 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday; 4 and 8 p.m. Saturday; 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday; March 12 through April 10. $27-$55. (513) 421-3888.
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SYNOPSIS: Charlie, a British proofreader whose wife finds him boring, has come along with Army friend Froggy for a much needed getaway at a rural fishing lodge in Georgia. The problem is that Charlie is pathologically shy and is terrified at the prospect of having to converse with strangers at the lodge for three days. In an attempt to help his shy friend, Froggy introduces him as an exotic foreigner who neither speaks nor understands English. Charlie finds himself an unwitting witness to bizarre schemes and diabolical plots by people who think he can’t understand a word they say.
Although Larry Shue’s life was tragically ended by a plane crash at the age of 39, he had a promising career as a playwright. Larry Shue returned from the Vietnam War and became an actor at the Harlequin Dinner Theatre before becoming a playwright. He is best known for his plays “The Nerd” and “The Foreigner.” Both premiered at the Milwaukee Repertory Theater where Shue was the playwright-in-residence. At the time of his death in 1985, “The Foreigner” was playing off-Broadway and was being developed for the big screen.
The Playhouse production is directed by Kenneth Albers, an original cast member in the production’s world premiere at Milwaukee Repertory Theatre in 1983 and went to Illinois Wesleyan University with Shue.
Special Performances
Meet the Artists: These free programs allow audiences to interact with cast members and others associated with the production following the show.
2 p.m. Sunday, March 15
7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 18
2 p.m. Sunday, March 29
8 p.m. Thursday, April 2
Audio Described Performance
- 4 p.m. Saturday, March 28
Signed Performance
- 2 p.m. Sunday, March 29
Playhouse Perspectives: A free, pre-show lecture series with director Kenneth Albers:
- 6 p.m. Sunday, March 22
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TweetTrailer for Know Theatre’s ‘Eurydice’
“Eurydice” by Sarah Ruhl, 8 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, March 7-28, Know Theatre of Cincinnati, 1120 Jackson, Cincinnati. (513) 300-5669.
Eurydice is a fresh adaptation of the classic Greek myth about Eurydice’s death and Orpheus’ voyage to the underworld. This version boasts quirky twists and unforgettable characters like a tricycle riding lord of the underworld and a chorus of loud mouthed stones.
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TweetIrish folk music with Bob Ford in Oxford
The Oxford Community Arts Center’s Family Performance Series kicks off with Bob Ford & the Ragamuffins, 3 p.m. Sunday, March 8.
Ford specializes in a down-home style of presenting heartwarming songs with hilarious stories to whisk listeners back to yesteryear. From Irish favorites to folk classics, the group musical repertoire evokes nostalgia for the simpler pleasures of the good old days.
Future performances in the Family Performance Series include:
The Bi-OkotoDrum & Dance Theater, 3 p.m. Sunday, March 29.
Prairie Orchid, featuring Sarah Goslee Reed and Lisa Biales 3 p.m. Sunday, April 19.
Individual show tickets are $10 adults; $8 students, $5 children under 12, $24 family back (two adult, two children tickets).
Series tickets for all three programs are $25 adults; $20 students; $10 children under 12, or $60 family pack.
The Oxford Community Arts Center is located at 10 South College Ave, Oxford, Ohio. Tickets for all performances are available at OCAC, (513) 524-8506, or Miami University’s Box Office 513-529-3200.
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TweetPHOTOS: Image set from CCM’s “Two Gentlemen of Verona’
“Two Gentlemen of Verona” by John Guare, Mel Shapiro and Galt MacDermot, based on the Shakespeare, Patricia Corbett Theater, University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. $15-28; $10 student rush. (513) 556-4183. Shakespeare with a hippie twist.
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TweetHamilton artist featured in Chicago exhibition
Tracy Featherstone, a Hamilton resident and assistant professor of art at Miami University, and her art partner Krista Connerly will be featured in the exhibition “Dig In, Float Up” at the Woman Made Gallery in Chicago.
This exhibition features wearable sculpture, photography and video created during Connerly and Featherstone’s ongoing investigation into how to create a more meaningful connection with the world around us.
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Included in the show are examples Envirotouchers, a series of prototypes designed to create a more connected world. These include a wearable cloud suit which allows the wearer to transcend their everyday experience and to experience cloud-like thoughts as well as a root-growing backpack that enables its wearer to grow into and transmit and/or absorb molecules from his or her environment.
“Dig In, Float Up” opens March 6 and continues through April 19 at the Woman Made Gallery, 685 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago.
Artists’ Statement:
Why do I move through my environment in isolation when it is so obviously alive, breathing and reaching out to touch me? When there seem to be such intense opportunities for exchange and interpenetration? I walk down the sidewalk and find the branch of a tree gingerly grazing my cheek. A lamppost runs its light over my skin. What happens if I return the caress?
The Envirotouchers featured in Dig in, Float up is our response to these questions. We notice that often, we get stuck in a relationship-rut with our environment, wearing down the same path to work and back or ignoring the (arguably) tender call of a car-alarm. Envirotouchers are a series of actions and wearable sculptures that offer a simple and playful solution to this. Through them we can create new, experimental relationships with our environment; we can dig in, collect, absorb, float, lick, snuggle and ultimately instigate our own actions to build a personalized and meaningful connection to the world around us. Through these new connections we are doing nothing less than re-imagining our environments, and with them, our selves.
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TweetLet your cirque dreams come true
One lucky dreamer will receive the chance to perform in a feature role when the touring production of “Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy” comes to the Aronoff Center March 31-April12.
The creative team from Cirque Dreams will hold a citywide casting call, limited to the first 100 performers to arrive 11 a.m.-2 p.m., on Saturday March 14 at Eastgate Mall in the Sears wing.
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They are looking for aspiring performers, acrobats, gymnasts, musicians, dancers, singers and anyone else with a special talent who has ever dreamed of performing in a Broadway show, to audition for their chance to perform in the Cincinnati engagement with the internationally renowned Cirque Dreams company.
Each participant will have up to two minutes. Performers requiring music should bring their own CD. The winner of the competition will be trained locally by the Cirque Dreams design team for their debut performance in Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy. Additionally, the winner will receive six complimentary tickets to their debut performance.
Official Contest Rules for Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy Casting Contest in Cincinnati, OH and the Tri-State Area
NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN THIS CONTEST. A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE CHANCES OF WINNING. By entering the contest (the “Event”), participants, and as to participants not yet eighteen (18) years of age at the time of entry, their parents/legal guardians, accept and agree to be bound by these Official Contest Rules. Any violation of these rules may result in disqualification.
- ELIGIBILITY.
Event is open only to the first 100 applicants provided that they are legal residents of the state of Ohio, Kentucky or Indiana, except employees of Cirque Tours, Inc. (“Company”) and their affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies, and the immediate family members and/or those living in the same household as such employees. Event is void in Puerto Rico and where prohibited by law.
- CONTEST DESCRIPTION.
The Event is skill-based, and the object is to present or perform up to a two minute act or skill for the chance to win the prize as described below. See a video of the production Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy (the “Show”) for additional ideas and inspiration at www.cirquedreamsbroadway.com.
PLEASE NOTE: No aerial performances will be considered for the Event. Prior to presenting your act or skill, you will be required to submit a brief description of your act or skill in writing below, and Company shall have the right to refuse to allow you to perform, if in Company’s sole discretion, Company believes that the act or skill would present a risk of personal injury, death and/or damage to property.
- HOW TO ENTER.
a. You agree to perform the act or skill at no cost to Company or any other party. Your act or skills shall be performed for Company at Eastgate Mall. No mail-in, drop-off or email entries will be accepted. This application must be submitted in connection with any act or skill to be considered for the Event.
b. You represent and warrant, that you possess all necessary rights and authority to grant, transfer and convey to Company all the rights herein granted.
c. You represent and warrant, that the act or skill is wholly original with you and does not and will not violate the right of privacy or publicity of, or constitute a defamation against any person or entity and that it does not and will not infringe upon or violate the copyright, contract rights, proprietary rights, or common law rights or any other rights of any other person or entity.
d. You represent and warrant, that the act or skill has not been entered into a previous contest or has received any awards and has also not been published previously in any medium or otherwise previously used.
e. You acknowledge and agree that being permitted to perform the act or skill for Company is not an offer of employment.
f. You warrant and represent that you do not have any pre-existing medical conditions and/or injuries that would interfere with your performance of the act or skill; and prior to performing the act or skill, you shall fully disclose any pre-existing medical conditions and/or injuries, and acknowledge that Company shall have the right to refuse to allow you to perform, if in Company’s sole discretion, Company believes that you are not capable of performing the act or skill.
g. You acknowledge that Company is merely allowing you limited access to the Venue for the performance of the act or skill and that Company is not responsible for the condition of the Venue and or any Venue equipment. You recognize the hazards and dangers inherent in the audition and knowing or having been advised of said dangers and fully acknowledging the risk of personal injury, death and/or damage to property, inherent therein, agree to assume, and do knowingly and voluntarily assume, full responsibility for all of the risks surrounding your performance of the act or skill and any other activity undertaken in connection with the act or skill, and all risks associated with your health problems and physical or emotional limitations.
- JUDGING.
Company, acting as judge, will select 1 prize winner(s) for each market in which the Show is presented. The Winner will be chosen on the basis of the originality and excellence of their act. All decisions of the judge are final and binding in all respects.
- RIGHTS TO USE ENTRIES.
As a condition of entering the Event and being selected as the prize winner, you hereby grant to Company the royalty-free right to reproduce, encode, store, copy, transmit, publish, post, broadcast, display, publicly perform, adapt, exhibit and/or otherwise use or reuse (without limitation as to when or to the number of times used) your performance of the act or skill (as edited/modified in any way by the Company, in the sole discretion of the Company) in any and all media now known or hereafter devised, throughout the world for any purpose whatsoever, without limitation, and without additional review, compensation, or approval from you or any other party.
- WINNERS’ NOTIFICATION.
The potential winner will be notified by phone or by U.S. mail, overnight mail, or e-mail at the discretion of the Company. An Affidavit of Eligibility, Liability and Publicity release, must be completed, signed and returned within ten (10) days of the date of the notification. The Winner may further be required to attend a rehearsal at Company’s discretion. When a potential winner is less than eighteen (18) years of age on the date of entry, a parent or legal guardian must complete and sign the affidavit and release. If a potential winner cannot be contacted, does not respond compliance with these rules within ten (10) days from the date of Company’s notification, the prize notification is returned as undeliverable, and/or cannot attend any rehearsal, such potential winner forfeits all rights and the prize will be awarded to an alternate potential winner selected on the same basis as the disqualified potential winner. If the winner is a minor, the prize will be awarded in the name of the parent or legal guardian who has executed the necessary affidavit and release.
- PRIZES.
If your act or skill is chosen as the winner you will be afforded the opportunity to perform an interpretation of your act or skill in One (1) presentation of Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy in Cincinnati, and will receive Six (6) complimentary tickets for such performance. Actual Retail Value: $354.
No substitution or transfer of prize permitted, except by the Company who reserves the right to award a prize of equal or greater value if advertised prize is unavailable. Any and all guarantees and warranties are subject to the manufacturers terms and conditions, and winners agree to look solely to such manufacturers for any such warranty or guarantee claim. All fees, federal, state and other taxes, costs and expenses relating to the use, acceptance and possession of a prize are the sole responsibility of the winner. The prize consists of only those items specifically listed above as part of the prize. No substitution, exchange or transfer of prize except by Company, in which case a prize of equal or greater value will be substituted. By entering the Event, participants agree to these rules and to be solely responsible for their own actions and agree to hold harmless Company, their parents, subsidiaries, divisions and related companies and the officers, directors, employees, agents, insurers, successors, assigns and licensees from any liability for losses, damages or injuries arising in connection with their participation in the Event or the award of a prize. Acceptance of prize constitutes consent to use winner’s name and likeness for editorial, advertising, and publicity purposes without further compensation or consent except where prohibited. Event is subject to all federal, state and local laws and regulations.
- CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION.
This Event is void where prohibited. Your act or skill must be your own original work. Company also reserves the right to request verification and proof of ownership of the winning act or skill. By entering your act or skill in the Event, you represent and warrant that it is your sole original work, and that you have obtained any and all consents, approvals or licenses required for you to submit your Entry and comply with all of these Official Contest Rules, including obtaining the written consent of all 3rd parties, where applicable.
- RELEASE.
By entering the Event you and, as applicable, your parents/legal guardians release, and agree to indemnify and hold harmless, Company, and its respective officers, directors, employees and agents (the “Released Parties”) from and against all claims (know and unknown), liabilities, injuries, death, loss and/or damages of any kind arising from your participation in the Event or the acceptance, possession or use or misuse of the prize. You assume all risks associated with the Event or use or misuse of the prize, and you agree that the Released Parties will not be responsible or liable for any injury, harm, death, damages, costs or expenses. Acceptance of the prize constitutes release by the winner of the Company as to any claims in connection with the administration of the Event and use, misuse, or possession of his/her act or skill or of any prize. If winner is a minor, prize will be awarded in the name of the parent or legal guardian who has executed the necessary affidavit and release. If you do not want to grant the foregoing release, please do not enter the Event.
- DISCLAIMERS.
Company reserves the right to (i) cancel or modify the Event if fraud, technical failures, or any other factor impairs the integrity of the Event, if the Event is not capable of completion as planned, or for any other reason or for no reason, as determined by the Company in its sole discretion, and (ii) disqualify any person tampering with the administration of the Event. In such event, Company reserves the right to (but are not required to) award the prizes at random from among all non-suspect, eligible entries received up to the time of the impairment or cancellation. Company is not responsible for errors in the administration, judging or fulfillment of the Event and Company may modify or cancel the Event in its sole discretion and without liability. COMPANY MAKES NO WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS OR GUARANTEES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN FACT OR IN LAW AS TO THIS PROMOTION OR THE MERCHANTABLITY, QUALITY OR FITNESS OF ANY PRIZE OR COMPONENT OF ANY PRIZE
- OTHER
By entering, you agree to be bound by this these Official Contest Rules and the decisions of the Company; and give your express permission to be contacted by Company by email, mail or phone. By submitting an entry, you further consent to the use of your name, address, image, voice, likeness, statements, biographical material, as well as any additional photographic images, video images, portraits, interviews or other materials relating to you and arising out of your participation in this Event (with or without using your name) in any media, now known or hereafter devised throughout the world for any purpose whatsoever, without limitation, and without additional review, compensation, or approval from you or any other party (except if winner is a resident of Tennessee or where otherwise prohibited by law). If you are selected as a winner, prior to receiving the prize, you must agree to sign an affidavit to such effect, unless the winner is a resident of Tennessee or otherwise where prohibited by law. Each winner is responsible for all federal, state and local taxes applicable to the acceptance and use of his/her prize. All applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations apply. The Event is governed by laws of the United States and all claims must be resolved in the United States. You further agree that any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Event or any prizes awarded shall be resolved individually without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the laws of the state of New York. Should any of the provisions of the Official Contest Rules be found to be invalid or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, that portion shall be deemed severed or restricted and the remainder of the Official Contest Rules shall remain in full force and effect. The failure of Company to enforce any term of these Official Contest Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.
- WINNERS LIST.
For names of winner(s), send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to Cirque Tours, Inc., 1985 N.W. 18th Street, Pompano Beach, Florida 33069.
- SPONSOR.
Event sponsored by Cirque Tours, Inc.
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TweetThings to do today
kids/family
“Over the Top,” the 138th edition of the Ringling Bros./Barnum & Bailey Circus, 7 p.m., U.S. Bank Arena, Cincinnati. $12-$85. (513) 562-4949. FEATURE: Ringmaster v. Clown: The Showdown; PHOTOS: Greatest Show on Earth image set; MORE: Circus fun facts!
“Dinosaurs Unearthed,” non-members: $15 adults, $10 children; members: $10 adults, $7 children. “Dinosaurs Alive,” OmniMax Theatre, non-members: $7.50 adults, $6.50 seniors, $5.50 children; members: $5.50 adults; $4.50 children. Cincinnati Museum Center, 1301 Western Ave., Cincinnati. (513) 281-7000. MORE: Not your grandpa’s dinosaurs: These have feathers!”
Check our GOING OUT GUIDE for a big list of things to do with your children.
nitelife
- Big list of places to gather and things to do there in this weekend’sGOING OUT GUIDE.
theater/performing arts
Broadway Across America presents “Frost/Nixon by Peter Morgan featuring Stacy Keach, 8 p.m., Procter & Gamble Hall, Aronoff Center, 650 Walnut, Cincinnati. $18-$50. (800) 982-2787. PREVIEW: Alan Cox takes on Frost-y role. Photos: Image set by Carol Rosegg.
“Blackbird” by David Harrower, 7:30 p.m., Shelterhouse Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. $47-$57. (513) 421-3888. PREVIEW: ‘Blackbird’ tackles the sensitive subject of pedophilia. PHOTOS: Image set by Sandy Underwood. REVIEW: Playhouse’s ‘Blackbird’ leaves doubts.
La Comedia Dinner Theatre presents “Polynesian Fire,” brunch arrival starts at 10:30 a.m.; dinner arrival starts at 5:30 p.m. $51-$69. 765 W. Central Ave., Springboro. (800) 677-9505. REVIEW: La Comedia chases away winter with fire.
galleries/exhibitions
“The Hope and Strength Through Art: Celebrating the Masters,” showcasing local works by adults and children living with a mental illness, Mason Municipal Center, 6000 Mason-Montgomery Rd.Mason art exhibition embraces mental health.
“Miami University Department of Art 2009 Bicentennial Exhibition,” M.U. Art Museum exhibits work by faculty, former students; “Dialogue with Nature: New Conceptions of Organic Architecture Miami University Department of Architecture and Interior Design Fallingwater Honors Studio,” “Paintings, Prints and Sculpture: Selections from the Permanent Collection,” Miami University Art Museum, 801 S. Patterson Ave., Oxford. (513) 523-2232.
“Tomorrow’s Artists Today,” Middletown Arts Center, 130 N. Verity Parkway, Middletown. (513) 424-2417. MORE: Young artists featured in Middletown exhibition.
“Brotherhood and Sisterhood: The Art and Artifacts of Greek Letter Societies at Miami University, 1833-2008,” McGuffey Museum, 410 E. Spring St., Oxford. Focuses on traditions and lore of Greek letter societies and includes badges and profiles of campus landmarks such as the Phi Delta Theta campus gates. (513) 529-8380.
Quilt exhibition, Oxford Community Arts Center, 10 S. College, Oxford. (513) 524-8506. INFO: Guest speaker at Oxford quilt show opening. MORE: Oxford CAC exhibits: Quilts, art to touch.
“Identities” at the Fitton Center for Creative Arts, 101 S. Monument Ave., Hamilton. Featuring the work of David T. Collins, Cristin Millett, Kim Curinga and Amy Rich. PREVIEW: Fitton Center exhibit explores personal identities.
“Obim: My Life,” an exhibition of drawings and paintings by Kene Chukwuemeka Chukwu, Fairfield Community Arts Center, 411 Wessel Dr., Fairfield. (513) 867-5348. PREVIEW: Chukwuemeka uses ‘signs’ from his homeland in paintings’
“Isn’t It Great To Be An Artist? Insider/Outsider Art;” “Dreamstates: Surrealist Art from the Israel Museum;” Cincinnati Art Museum, 953 Eden Park Dr., Cincinnati. (513) 639-2995. DETAILS/IMAGES: Folk Art collection on view at Cincinnati Art Museum.
“Donald Sultan: The First Decade” and new work by Tara Donovan, Contemporary Arts Center, 44 E. 6th Street, Cincinnati. (513) 345-8400. MORE INFO: New exhibits coming to Contemporary Arts Center.
“Fashion in Film,” featuring 36 costumes from period films, and “Small Paintings,” offering an intimate look at collecting at the turn of the 20th century, Taft Museum of Art, 316 Pike St., Cincinnati. $12 adults; $10 students/seniors; $4 children. (513) 241-0343.
“Luminous Paintings” by Tom Bacher, Weston Gallery in the Aronoff Center for the Arts, 650 Walnut, downtown Cincinnati. STORY: Tom Bacher exhibition at the Weston Gallery.
“Cincinnati - A Glimpse from the Past,” The Betts House, 416 Clark St., two blocks west of Music Hall, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. $2. (513) 651-0734. PREVIEW: Compare Cincinnati’s past and present in photography exhibition
“Parallel Visions VII,” Studio San Giuseppe Art Gallery at the College of Mount St. Joseph, 5701 Delhi Road, Cincinnati. (513) 244-4314; www.msj.edu.
________ Things To Do are also Things That Change
and sometimes Things That Sell Out,
so be sure to contact the venue
before showing up without tickets …
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TweetMozart Festival gearing up
The Ohio Mozart Festival, hosted by the Hamilton Fairfield Symphony Orchestra, is now accepting reservations for “Der Mozart Karnival,” Saturday, April 25 at the Wilks Center on the Miami University Hamilton Campus.
The evening begins 6 p.m. with cocktail, chamber music and hors d’oeuvres.
Dinner starts at 7:30 p.m., catered by All Things Catered and includes a carving station, mashed potato martini bar, fancy desserts, beer and wine.
The evening also includes a silent auction featuring “Noteworthy Food and Fun, Bag One for Mozart purse auction and other specialty times, including a plasma HDTV.
Tickets are $50 per person, $75 for patrons, $500 Table Patrons (for a table of eight).
RSVP by April 14. Send payment to Der Mozart Karnival, c/o Joy Sharp, 1811 Krucker Road, Hamilton OH 45013.
Other Ohio Mozart Festival events include:
Wine Tasting, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 18. $30 per person, reservations requested.
Mozart’s Night Out, 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 22 at Ryan’s Tavern.
Grand Finale Concert, 4 p.m. Sunday, April 26, St. Julie Billiart Catholic Church, 224 Dayton St., Hamilton.
Afterglow following concert at the Riverbank Cafe. $20 per person, reservations required.
Prices good until April 1. For information, visit www.hfso.org or call (513) 895-5151.
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TweetCall for Entries: Young Sculptors Competition
Entries now being accepted for the 2009 Young Sculptors Competition for the $10,000 William and Dorothy Yeck Award.
The competition is open to all U.S. residents 25 years and younger. Entrants should have achieved a significant degree of success as an emerging artist of noteworthy talent. The winning sculpture will become part of the Miami University Best Young Sculptors of the 21st Century Collection.
In addition to the $10,000 purchase award, there will be a $1,500 second prize and $1,000 third prize.
Jurors will be Aris Georgiades and Gail Simpson of ActualSizeArtworks in Madison, Wisc.
This year, all entries must be representational realism sculpture.
Deadline is Friday, April 17.
Entry forms available on-line at www.fna.muohio.edu/sculpcomp. There is a $25 entry fee.
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TweetGarrison Keillor to speak in celebration of Miami’s bicentennial
Garrison Keillor, beloved creator of “A Prairie Home Companion,” will regale the audience with his sly wit, enchanting stories, charming songs and other surprises, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 18 in Miami University’s Millett Hall, Oxford, part of the university’s on-going Bicentennial Celebration.
With his dry sense of humor, Keillor will captivate audiences, delivering class, charisma, and wisdom in this solo evening of comic monologues and thought-provoking observations.
True to his radio form, Keillor will share some of the most hilarious anecdotes about growing up in the American Midwest and about the aging process, not to mention “late-life fatherhood.”
An Evening with Garrison Keillor is presented by the Miami University Performing Arts Series and is sponsored by The Knolls of Oxford, Kona Bistro and 91.7 WVXU.
Tickets are $40. For tickets or more information, call the box office at (513) 529-3200.
Photo provided by Keppler Speakers.
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TweetNew exhibitions at Manifest Gallery
“Mythography: An Exploration of Narrative” and Selections from the Fourth International Drawing Annual exhibit-in-print, opening reception 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Manifest Gallery and Drawing Center, 2727 Woodburn Ave., Cincinnati. Exhibition continues through April. 3. (513) 861-3638.
Mythography: An Exploration of Narrative
Curated by Tim Parsley
Whether gathered around a campfire telling ghost stories, buried into an epic novel, or following the latest adventures of Spider-man, we are fascinated with stories, legends, myths and fables. Stories help locate us, form our personal identities and often operate as larger metaphors for reality. Throughout history, from the stately historic paintings of Jacques-Louis David to the provocative films of Matthew Barney, visual artists have offered a unique contribution to the telling of tales. Manifest Creative Research Gallery enthusiastically invited national and international artists, working in any visual creative medium, to come tell a story.
For this exhibition, a broad definition of narrative art was considered, including (but not limited to) comic art, sequential art, documentary, animation, video/film, illustration, performance, painting, sculpture, photography, and drawing.
Nearly 300 artists from 41 states and 14 countries submitted nearly 700 works for consideration to Mythography. An eight-person jury and curatorial process resulted in 16 works by 13 artists being selected for inclusion in the exhibit.
ABOVE: “Flag,” graphite on paper, Joseph A. Miller.
Selections from the Fourth International Drawing Annual exhibit-in-print
Curated by Jason Franz
Selections from the International Drawing Annual is the fourth annual presentation of this exhibit, featuring a sampling of artworks to be included in the forthcoming 2008 International Drawing Annual exhibit-in-print.
The International Drawing Annual publication was conceived as an extension of Manifest’s Drawing Center mission to promote, feature, and explore drawing as a rich and culturally significant art form. The goal of the International Drawing Annual is to support the recognition, documentation, and publication of excellent, current, and relevant works of drawing from around the world. Fast becomng one of the preeminent international publications focusing on drawing from year to year, the Annual stakes ground on behalf of those working in drawing (of all types), and for Cincinnati as a center of important dialogue about the creative practice.
All works included in each Annual are made within three years leading up to its publication.
Over 410 artists from around the world submitted 1100 works for consideration to the 2008 INDA. A ten-person jury and curatorial process selected 100 works by 59 finalists for the forthcoming publication. Selections from the 4th International Drawing Annual serves as a preview sampling prior to the formal release of the publication. The eight works presented here will be among those included in the exhibit-in-print.
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TweetCSO’s Lollipop Concert features baseball theme
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra presents “Take Me Out to the Ballgame,” a Lollipop Family Concert, 10:30p a.m. Saturday, March 7, Music Hall, 1241 Elm St. $12 adults, $7 children. (513) 381-3300.
Assistant Conductor Vince Lee and the CSO will be joined by Cincinnati Reds mascots Mr. Red, Rosie Red and Gapper for a musical celebration of all things baseball, designed specifically for kids ages 3 to 10. The concert will also feature Casey at the Bat narrated by Reds public address announcer Joe Zerhusen, a very familiar voice at Great American Ballpark.
Casey at the Bat is a timeless poem about a fictional “Mudville” baseball team that finds itself down two runs in the bottom of the ninth inning, hoping they can last long enough into the inning for their star player Casey to come up to bat. It was set to music by Cincinnati Pops Associate Conductor Steven Reineke.
The program also includes music from “Damn Yankees,” the popular Disney movie “Angels in the Outfield” and that perennial sing-along favorite, “Take Me Out to the Ballgame.”
Pre-concert activities include an “Instrument Petting Zoo”, Red Heads Kids Club activities and he chance to meet the Reds mascots at 9:30 am.
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TweetHamilton High stages ‘Pirates of Penzance’
The Hamilton High School Big Blue Theatre is presenting “The Pirates of Penzance” by Gilbert and Sullivan this weekend.
The play “spins a farce of sentimental pirates, bumbling policemen, dim-witted young lovers, dewey-eyed daughters and an eccentric major general, all morally bound to be the often-ridiculous dictates of honor and duty.”
The cast members include Frederick — Sam Downs; Mabel — Rachel Showman; Kate — Stacey Barrett; Edith — Kaiti McCoy; Major General — Jamie Binegar; Pirate King — Cameron Blankenship; Samuel — Lindsey Morris; Ruth — Katelyn Fox; and Sergeant — Casey Hollifield.
Show times are 8 p.m. Friday, March 6, and Saturday, March 7; and 2 p.m. Sunday, March 8.
Ticket prices are $9 for adults; $7 for students; and $7 for seniors age 62 and older.
For ticket information, call (513) 887-4824.
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TweetRoger McGuinn concert nears sell-out
There are only a few scattered seats available for Roger McGuinn’s March 14 concert at the Fairfield Community Arts Center, so if this is one you really wanted to see, call (513) 867-5348 ASAP…..
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TweetThings to do today: Art exhibition in Mason
kids/family
“Dinosaurs Unearthed,” non-members: $15 adults, $10 children; members: $10 adults, $7 children. “Dinosaurs Alive,” OmniMax Theatre, non-members: $7.50 adults, $6.50 seniors, $5.50 children; members: $5.50 adults; $4.50 children. Cincinnati Museum Center, 1301 Western Ave., Cincinnati. (513) 281-7000. MORE: Not your grandpa’s dinosaurs: These have feathers!”
Check our GOING OUT GUIDE for a big list of things to do with your children.
nitelife
- Big list of places to gather and things to do there in ourGOING OUT GUIDE.
theater/performing arts
Broadway Across America presents “Frost/Nixon by Peter Morgan featuring Stacy Keach, 8 p.m., Procter & Gamble Hall, Aronoff Center, 650 Walnut, Cincinnati. $18-$50. (800) 982-2787. PREVIEW: Alan Cox takes on Frost-y role. Photos: Image set by Carol Rosegg.
“Blackbird” by David Harrower, 7:30 p.m., Shelterhouse Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. $47-$57. (513) 421-3888. PREVIEW: ‘Blackbird’ tackles the sensitive subject of pedophilia. PHOTOS: Image set by Sandy Underwood. REVIEW: Playhouse’s ‘Blackbird’ leaves doubts.
galleries/exhibitions
“The Hope and Strength Through Art: Celebrating the Masters,” showcasing local works by adults and children living with a mental illness, Mason Municipal Center, 6000 Mason-Montgomery Rd.Mason art exhibition embraces mental health.
“Miami University Department of Art 2009 Bicentennial Exhibition,” M.U. Art Museum exhibits work by faculty, former students;
“Dialogue with Nature: New Conceptions of Organic Architecture Miami University Department of Architecture and Interior Design Fallingwater Honors Studio,” “Paintings, Prints and Sculpture: Selections from the Permanent Collection,” Miami University Art Museum, 801 S. Patterson Ave., Oxford. (513) 523-2232. “Tomorrow’s Artists Today,” Middletown Arts Center, 130 N. Verity Parkway, Middletown. (513) 424-2417. MORE: Young artists featured in Middletown exhibition.
“Brotherhood and Sisterhood: The Art and Artifacts of Greek Letter Societies at Miami University, 1833-2008,” McGuffey Museum, 410 E. Spring St., Oxford. Focuses on traditions and lore of Greek letter societies and includes badges and profiles of campus landmarks such as the Phi Delta Theta campus gates. (513) 529-8380.
Quilt exhibition, Oxford Community Arts Center, 10 S. College, Oxford. (513) 524-8506. INFO: Guest speaker at Oxford quilt show opening. MORE: Oxford CAC exhibits: Quilts, art to touch.
“Identities” at the Fitton Center for Creative Arts, 101 S. Monument Ave., Hamilton. Featuring the work of David T. Collins, Cristin Millett, Kim Curinga and Amy Rich. PREVIEW: Fitton Center exhibit explores personal identities.
“Obim: My Life,” an exhibition of drawings and paintings by Kene Chukwuemeka Chukwu, Fairfield Community Arts Center, 411 Wessel Dr., Fairfield. (513) 867-5348. PREVIEW: Chukwuemeka uses ‘signs’ from his homeland in paintings’
“Isn’t It Great To Be An Artist? Insider/Outsider Art;” “Dreamstates: Surrealist Art from the Israel Museum;” Cincinnati Art Museum, 953 Eden Park Dr., Cincinnati. (513) 639-2995. DETAILS/IMAGES: Folk Art collection on view at Cincinnati Art Museum.
“Fashion in Film,” featuring 36 costumes from period films, and “Small Paintings,” offering an intimate look at collecting at the turn of the 20th century, Taft Museum of Art, 316 Pike St., Cincinnati. $12 adults; $10 students/seniors; $4 children. (513) 241-0343.
“Luminous Paintings” by Tom Bacher, Weston Gallery in the Aronoff Center for the Arts, 650 Walnut, downtown Cincinnati. STORY: Tom Bacher exhibition at the Weston Gallery.
“Cincinnati - A Glimpse from the Past,” The Betts House, 416 Clark St., two blocks west of Music Hall, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. $2. (513) 651-0734. PREVIEW: Compare Cincinnati’s past and present in photography exhibition
“Parallel Visions VII,” Studio San Giuseppe Art Gallery at the College of Mount St. Joseph, 5701 Delhi Road, Cincinnati. (513) 244-4314; www.msj.edu.
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TweetCincinnati Shakespeare Company announces 2009-10 season: The Rules of the Game
For its 16th season, the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company is inviting audiences to come out and play with a season theme “The Rules of the Game.”
“Our lives are composed of a series of games that people play — political and social, competitive and lighthearted, despicable and even joyous,” said artistic director Brian Isaac Phillips in a press release. “From contests of will to the game of love, in our sixteenth season we’ll play all of these games and see if we can learn something about the rules. This season, we’re having fun.”
The season (with descriptions provided by CSC):
“The Lion in Winter” by James Goldman, Sept. 11-Oct. 11. One hot-headed King. One gleefully manipulative Queen. Three coddled and cunning Princes. Add in the King’s determined mistress and her power-hungry brother and it’s the ultimate family reunion, straight from the history books. The film version of “The Lion in Winter” won three Academy Awards including Best Screenplay, sets the stage ablaze with an epic clash between two British titans: King Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine. When love fuels family battles, all bets are off.
“All’s Well That Ends Well” by William Shakespeare, Oct. 23-Nov. 15. Highlighted by a poignant and perilous setting in WWII Europe, Shakespeare’s romance explores the thin line between devotion and obsession. Follow the lovely and love-struck Helena, as she attempts to attract the attention and affection of Bertram, a fiercely independent soldier. His mother, the Countess, is on Helena’s side with advice on how to play the game of love, but will war and Bertram’s wandering ways stop their love before it starts? Their fate is left in the hands of an especially strong and opinionated cast of female characters.
“The Taming of the Shrew” by William Shakespeare. Nov. 27-Jan. 3. The Baptista sisters have the most star power in Tinseltown: beautiful Bianca draws crowds with her radiant sweetness, while behind the scenes, her hot-headed older sister, Kate, throws infamous tantrums. Every man wants Bianca for his own, but there’s a catch: feisty Kate must find a match first. Enter Petruchio, the well-known director ready to turn Kate from a true shrew to a real dame. Shakespeare’s beloved battle of the sexes takes a star turn with a glamorous 1930s old Hollywood setting, the perfect backdrop for wooing, sparring, and maybe even true love.
Double bill: “Krapp’s Last Tape” by Samuel Beckett and “Hughie” by Eugene O’Neill. Jan. 22-Feb. 14. Both plays pare the theatre experience down to its essence: telling a story. Favorite regional actor Joneal Joplin returns to the CSC stage in this unique double-bill. In “Krapp’s Last Tape,” the obsessive Krapp relives his life through old recordings, with new experiences revealed to be eerily similar to those of days gone by. Then, join Ernie Smith, the invariably tipsy everyman, as he confronts old pains and finds new hopes in “Hughie.” Part of CSC’s Studio Series, in repertory with “Miss Julie.”
“Miss Julie” by August Strindberg, adapted by David French. Jan. 22-Feb. 14. When blue-blooded Miss Julie steps down to the kitchen to seduce blue-collared Jean, her father’s valet, the two engage in a cat-and-mouse game of lust, ambition and control. As their affair unfolds, their true motives are revealed with grave consequences. A provocative social critique for the ages, Miss Julie serves to reveal the true power and pull of class distinctions. Part of the Studio Series, in repertory with “Krapp’s Last Tape” and “Hughie.”
“Othello” by William Shakespeare. Feb. 26-April 3. When a talented outsider climbs to a position of power and respect, everyone finds themselves playing a new role. Heroic general Othello and his wife Desdemona seem to be living the dream, until a precious handkerchief goes missing, and a nightmare of jealousy and betrayal engulfs them. At the dark heart of “Othello” is Shakespeare’s ultimate villain, Iago. Through careful and calculating moves, Iago manipulates the fears and desires of those around him, driving everyone to a fatal destruction.
“An Ideal Husband” by Oscar Wilde. April 16-May 16. To aristocrat Sir Robert Chiltern, the past is better kept in the past. But when an old acquaintance threatens to reveal the nefarious nature of his rise to wealth, Sir Robert’s well-kept life is at risk. Will he do whatever it takes to remain the “ideal husband” in the eyes of his adoring wife and fawning friends, or will he accept the truth and confront his undoing? With a lively cast of supporting characters, Oscar Wilde’s popular comedy promises an evening of wit and merriment.
Tickets
Seven Flexible Tickets, now on sale, $156 adults, $132 seniors; $120 students/educators, $80 preview.
Single Ticket Pricing, on sale April 1: $26 adults, $22 seniors; $20 students, $12 preview.
Discounts available for AAA, Enjoy The Arts and Fine Arts Fun Card members.
Group rates available for groups of six or more. Contact Director of Sales Megan Breier at 513-381-2273 ext. 218 or megan@cincyshakes.com
Tickets can be purchased on-line, by phone at (513) 381-2273, or in person at 719 Race Street in downtown Cincinnati.
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TweetMarch activities at MetroParks
“Signs of Spring” Lollipop Program, 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m., Friday, March 13, Voice of America Park, 7850 VOA Park Dr., West Chester Township. Children ages 3 to 5 and their adult companions can explore the wonders of the natural world through stories, crafts, and activities. $1.50 craft fee. Pre-registration is required. Register on-line or by calling (513) 867-5835.
“SOS - Signs of Spring” hike, 10 a.m. Saturday, March 14, Gilmore Ponds Interpretive Preserve, 7950 Gilmore Rd. Wetlands are an essential but disappearing ecosystem. Thousands of birds are congregating and beginning the migration north. Gilmore Ponds is a rest stop along this journey. Naturalist Eric Burgess will guide the group to explore this unique area.
“Signs of Spring” Lollipop Program, 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m., Thursday, March 19, Chrisholm Historic Farmstead, 2070 Woodsdale Rd., Madison Township. Children ages 3 to 5 and their adult companions can explore the wonders of the natural world through stories, crafts, and activities. $1.50 craft fee. Pre-registration is required. Register on-line or by calling (513) 867-5835.
Motor Vehicle Permits are required in all MetroParks park areas and can be purchased at the program for $5/daily, $7/annual sticker, or $10/annual hangtag.
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TweetCelebrate Teen Tech Week at the Lane Libraries
Teens ages 13 to 18 are invited to celebrate Teen Tech Week, March 8-14 at the Lane Libraries.
Show off your tech skills by creating podcast reviews to share during Podcast @ Your Library. Submit your own or show up at any of the library locations to be filmed:
4 to 6 p.m. March 9 and 11, Hamilton Lane Library
4 to 6 p.m. March 10 and 12, Fairfield Lane Library
3 to 4 p.m. March 10, 11 and 12, or 2 to 4 p.m. March 14, Oxford Lane Library
Contact your teen librarian or check www.laneteenzone.org for rules and details.
Tens are also invited to enter the Assimilating the Book contest, March 2-27, and travel to the future by reading science and technology books. Fill out and turn in an entry form for each book you read for your chance at a cache of bytes. Entry forms are available at any Lane Library location.
For more information about these and other programs at the Lane Libraries, please call 894-6557 or visit the Lane Web site.
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TweetHistoric artifacts on display at county engineer’s office
Before the age of GPS and computers, the early settlers of Butler County mapped the area out by hand using compasses, transits and chains to painstakingly measure and record political boundaries and roads.
A display of these instruments are currently on loan from the Butler County Historical Society for an exhibition at the Butler County Engineer’s Office, 1921 Fairgrove Ave., Hamilton, complementing the artifacts already on display there.
Included in the loaned collection is a rare Potts & Rittenhouse compass which was hand-crafted in Boston, Massachusetts sometime in the 1790s. An instrument similar to this may have been used by John Cleves Symmes to survey his purchase of over 300,000 acres — “land between the Miami Rivers” — from the federal government. The Symmes Purchase (also known as the Miami Purchase) was approved by George Washington.
Another compass on view was once owned by James McBride and may have been used by McBride when he drew the first complete map of Butler County, printed in 1836.
Because of his efforts to demonstrate a sense of local history, Butler County Engineer, Gregory Wilkens, was recently recognized by the Butler County Historical Society as the 2008 Historian of the Year.
The main building of the Butler County Engineer’s Office is open 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. For directions call (513) 867-5744.
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TweetRotary announces cast for ‘Sound of Music’
The Hamilton Rotary Club presents Rogers and Hammerstein’s “The Sound of Music,” 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, March 19-22, Parrish Auditorium, Miami University Hamilton. $15. (513) 867-4869.
The cast includes Maria Balfour as Maria Rainer; Jim Ward as Captain Georg von Trapp; Bess-Arlene Camacho as Mother Abbess; Cindy Miller as Sister Berthe;, Melanie Winsted as Sister Margaretta; Susan Hendrickson as Sister Sophia; Scott Christian as Rolf Gruber; Tom Mobley as Franz the butler; Shannon O’Connell as Frau Schmidt; Brian Smith as Max Detweiler; Dan Schindler as Baron Ebberfeld and Bob Droneberger as Admiral von Schreiber
The von Trapp children have been double cast:
Olivia Yokers and Gina Jungkunz as Liesl; James Sheline and Jordan Quisno as Friedrich; Anna Schindler and Samantha Walker as Louisa: Sam Horton and T.J. O’Neil as Kurt; Jenna Van Weelden and Sydney Higgins as Brigitta; Alyson O’Connell and Clare Sunderman as Marta; Emily Muench and Grace Sunderman as Gretl.
The show is produced by Joellyn Goos and Bill Balfour and directed by Bill Balfour.
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TweetThings to do today: Tajci at Sacred Heart Church
concerts
- A Lenten Concert by Tajci, 7 p.m. Sacred Heart Church, 400 Nilles Rd., Fairfield. A good will offering will be taken. INTERVIEW: European pop star makes a spiritual turn.
kids/family
“Dinosaurs Unearthed,” non-members: $15 adults, $10 children; members: $10 adults, $7 children. “Dinosaurs Alive,” OmniMax Theatre, non-members: $7.50 adults, $6.50 seniors, $5.50 children; members: $5.50 adults; $4.50 children. Cincinnati Museum Center, 1301 Western Ave., Cincinnati. (513) 281-7000. MORE: Not your grandpa’s dinosaurs: These have feathers!”
Check our GOING OUT GUIDE for a big list of things to do with your children.
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- Big list of places to gather and things to do there in this weekend’sGOING OUT GUIDE.
galleries/exhibitions
“Miami University Department of Art 2009 Bicentennial Exhibition,” M.U. Art Museum exhibits work by faculty, former students; “Dialogue with Nature: New Conceptions of Organic Architecture Miami University Department of Architecture and Interior Design Fallingwater Honors Studio,” “Paintings, Prints and Sculpture: Selections from the Permanent Collection,” Miami University Art Museum, 801 S. Patterson Ave., Oxford. (513) 523-2232.
“Tomorrow’s Artists Today,” Middletown Arts Center, 130 N. Verity Parkway, Middletown. (513) 424-2417. MORE: Young artists featured in Middletown exhibition.
“Brotherhood and Sisterhood: The Art and Artifacts of Greek Letter Societies at Miami University, 1833-2008,” McGuffey Museum, 410 E. Spring St., Oxford. Focuses on traditions and lore of Greek letter societies and includes badges and profiles of campus landmarks such as the Phi Delta Theta campus gates. (513) 529-8380.
Quilt exhibition, Oxford Community Arts Center, 10 S. College, Oxford. (513) 524-8506. INFO: Guest speaker at Oxford quilt show opening. MORE: Oxford CAC exhibits: Quilts, art to touch.
“Identities” at the Fitton Center for Creative Arts, 101 S. Monument Ave., Hamilton. Featuring the work of David T. Collins, Cristin Millett, Kim Curinga and Amy Rich. PREVIEW: Fitton Center exhibit explores personal identities.
“Obim: My Life,” an exhibition of drawings and paintings by Kene Chukwuemeka Chukwu, Fairfield Community Arts Center, 411 Wessel Dr., Fairfield. (513) 867-5348. PREVIEW: Chukwuemeka uses ‘signs’ from his homeland in paintings’
“Donald Sultan: The First Decade” and new work by Tara Donovan, Contemporary Arts Center, 44 E. 6th Street, Cincinnati. (513) 345-8400. MORE INFO: New exhibits coming to Contemporary Arts Center.
“Fashion in Film,” featuring 36 costumes from period films, and “Small Paintings,” offering an intimate look at collecting at the turn of the 20th century, Taft Museum of Art, 316 Pike St., Cincinnati. $12 adults; $10 students/seniors; $4 children. (513) 241-0343.
“Luminous Paintings” by Tom Bacher, Weston Gallery in the Aronoff Center for the Arts, 650 Walnut, downtown Cincinnati. STORY: Tom Bacher exhibition at the Weston Gallery.
“Parallel Visions VII,” Studio San Giuseppe Art Gallery at the College of Mount St. Joseph, 5701 Delhi Road, Cincinnati. (513) 244-4314; www.msj.edu.
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TweetThings to do today: Jazz concert in Oxford
kids/family
“Over the Top,” the 138th edition of the Ringling Bros./Barnum & Bailey Circus, 1 and 5 p.m., Bank of Kentucky Center, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, Ky. $12-$85. (513) 562-4949. FEATURE: Ringmaster v. Clown: The Showdown; PHOTOS: Greatest Show on Earth image set; MORE: Circus fun facts!
FINAL PERFORMANCE: Children’s Theater of Cincinnati presents “High School Musical 2,” 2 p.m. Taft Theatre, Fifth and Sycamore streets, downtown Cincinnati. $7-$20. (513) 562-4949 or online at www.ticketmaster.com. FEATURE: Oxford actress appearing in ‘High School Musical’ sequel.
LAST DAY: “Everything Thomas,” EnterTRAINment Junction, 7379 Squire, West Chester. $12.99. (513) 898-8000. PREVIEW: Thomas the Tank Engine visits EnterTRAINment Junction.
“Dinosaurs Unearthed,” non-members: $15 adults, $10 children; members: $10 adults, $7 children. “Dinosaurs Alive,” OmniMax Theatre, non-members: $7.50 adults, $6.50 seniors, $5.50 children; members: $5.50 adults; $4.50 children. Cincinnati Museum Center, 1301 Western Ave., Cincinnati. (513) 281-7000. MORE: Not your grandpa’s dinosaurs: These have feathers!”
Check our GOING OUT GUIDE for a big list of things to do with your children.
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John Witherspoon, 7:30 p.m., Funny Bone Comedy Club, Newport on the Levee. $22. (859) 957-2000.
Big list of places to gather and things to do there in this weekend’sGOING OUT GUIDE.
concerts/music
The 31st annual Southwestern Ohio High School Jazz Festival closing concert, 7:30 p.m. Gates-Abegglen Theatre, Miami University, Oxford, featuring the Miami University Jazz Ensemble, conducted by Hal Melia, and guest artists saxophonist Lee Konitz, trombonist John Fedchock, pianist Phil DeGreg, percussionist Jim Rupp and bassist Ed Felson. Free. (513) 529-3200.
“The Wizard of Oz” presented with a live orchestral score by Erich Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops, 3 p.m. Music Hall, 1241 Elm St., Cincinnati. $24 and up. (513) 381-3300. MORE: Cincinnati Pops presents ‘Oz with Orchestra’.
theater/performing arts
FINAL PERFORMANCE: Oxford Area Community Theatre presents “Quilters” by Molly Newman and Barbara Damashe, 2 p.m., Oxford Community Arts Center, 20 S. College, Oxford. $12 adults; $10 students/seniors. (513) 523-6228. PREVIEW: OxACT presents ‘Quilters’. RELATED: Oxford CAC exhibits: Quilts, art to touch.
FINAL PERFORMANCE: Fairfield Footlighters present “Godspell” by John-Michael Tebelek, music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, 2 p.m., Fairfield Community Arts Center, 411 Wessel Dr., Fairfield. $12 adults; $10 students/seniors. (513) 867-5348. MORE: Cast puts its own stamp on ‘Godspell’.
FINAL PERFORMANCE: “Working” by Stephen Schwartz & James Taylor, 3 p.m., Northern Kentucky University. $12 adults, $10 seniors, $8 students. (859) 572-5464.
“Timon of Athens” by William Shakespeare, 2 p.m., Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, 719 Race Street, Cincinnati. 7:30 p.m. $26 reserved, $22 seniors, $16 students. (513) 381-2273. MORE: ‘Timon of Athens’ gets rare performance at Cincinnati Shakespeare.
“Two Gentlemen of Verona” by John Guare, Mel Shapiro and Galt MacDermot, based on the Shakespeare, Patricia Corbett Theater, 2:30 p.m., University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. $15-28; $10 student rush. (513) 556-4183. Shakespeare with a hippie twist.
Broadway Across America presents “Frost/Nixon by Peter Morgan featuring Stacy Keach, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., Procter & Gamble Hall, Aronoff Center, 650 Walnut, Cincinnati. $18-$50. (800) 982-2787. PREVIEW: Alan Cox takes on Frost-y role. Photos: Image set by Carol Rosegg.
“A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, 2 p.m., Covedale Center for the Performing Arts, 4990 Glenway Ave., Cincinnati. $21 adults, $19 students/seniors. (513) 241-6550. PHOTOS/CAST LIST: ‘A Funny Thing Happened…’ a the Covedale.
FINAL PERFORMANCES: Touring production of “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” 2 and 7:30 p.m., the Victoria Theatre, Dayton. Tickets start at $37. (888) 228-3630 or online at www.ticketcenterstage.com.
“Blackbird” by David Harrower, 2 and 7 p.m., Shelterhouse Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. $47-$57. (513) 421-3888. PREVIEW: ‘Blackbird’ tackles the sensitive subject of pedophilia. PHOTOS: Image set by Sandy Underwood. REVIEW: Playhouse’s ‘Blackbird’ leaves doubts.
La Comedia Dinner Theatre presents “Polynesian Fire,” brunch arrival starts at 10:30 a.m.; dinner arrival starts at 5:30 p.m. $51-$69. 765 W. Central Ave., Springboro. (800) 677-9505. REVIEW: La Comedia chases away winter with fire.
galleries/exhibitions
“We Still Use Film,” photographs by Jesse Reed, Ashley Duban, Olivia Hamilton, Floyd Johnson and Andra Lee, Base Cooperative, 1225 Main St., Cincinnati. Performance by dj Chris Burgan. Exhibit continues through March 22. (513) 721-2273.
“Miami University Department of Art 2009 Bicentennial Exhibition,” M.U. Art Museum exhibits work by faculty, former students; “Dialogue with Nature: New Conceptions of Organic Architecture Miami University Department of Architecture and Interior Design Fallingwater Honors Studio,” “Paintings, Prints and Sculpture: Selections from the Permanent Collection,” Miami University Art Museum, 801 S. Patterson Ave., Oxford. (513) 523-2232.
“Brotherhood and Sisterhood: The Art and Artifacts of Greek Letter Societies at Miami University, 1833-2008,” McGuffey Museum, 410 E. Spring St., Oxford. Focuses on traditions and lore of Greek letter societies and includes badges and profiles of campus landmarks such as the Phi Delta Theta campus gates. (513) 529-8380.
“Obim: My Life,” an exhibition of drawings and paintings by Kene Chukwuemeka Chukwu, Fairfield Community Arts Center, 411 Wessel Dr., Fairfield. (513) 867-5348. PREVIEW: Chukwuemeka uses ‘signs’ from his homeland in paintings’
“Isn’t It Great To Be An Artist? Insider/Outsider Art;”
“Dreamstates: Surrealist Art from the Israel Museum;” Cincinnati Art Museum, 953 Eden Park Dr., Cincinnati. (513) 639-2995. DETAILS/IMAGES: Folk Art collection on view at Cincinnati Art Museum. “Donald Sultan: The First Decade” and new work by Tara Donovan, Contemporary Arts Center, 44 E. 6th Street, Cincinnati. (513) 345-8400. MORE INFO: New exhibits coming to Contemporary Arts Center.
“Fashion in Film,” featuring 36 costumes from period films, and “Small Paintings,” offering an intimate look at collecting at the turn of the 20th century, Taft Museum of Art, 316 Pike St., Cincinnati. $12 adults; $10 students/seniors; $4 children. (513) 241-0343.
“Luminous Paintings” by Tom Bacher, Weston Gallery in the Aronoff Center for the Arts, 650 Walnut, downtown Cincinnati. STORY: Tom Bacher exhibition at the Weston Gallery.
“Parallel Visions VII,” Studio San Giuseppe Art Gallery at the College of Mount St. Joseph, 5701 Delhi Road, Cincinnati. (513) 244-4314; www.msj.edu.
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